Cellphone sales dropped significantly in the U.S. last quarter, but Americans are spending more money on the phones they buy, led by the rapid rise of smartphones like RIM's (RIMM) BlackBerri [..] Read complete article
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Why has BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) continued its torrid growth streak even as the U.S. economy tumbles? Maybe because the U.S. economy is tumbling. [..] Read complete article
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Is BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIMM) really one of the most promising growth companies in tech, as some bullish analysts have said? Or is its meteoric growth about to hit a wall?
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Goldman Sachs checks in with its cadre of IT executives and measures their appetite for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone: 17% of 100 ex [..] Read complete article
Published 07-Jul-2008 by Silicon in rimmaapl Read 0 times
Apple's latest deal to sell the iPhone abroad: In Japan, via mobile carrier Softbank, announced today. It's no surprise that Apple (AAPL) wants to sell its phone in Japan, but No [..] Read complete article
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Apple's (AAPL) iPhone lost share in the U.S. smartphone market last quarter, according to an IDC report summarized by Reuters. Rival Research In Motion (RIMM), meanwhile, saw its share [..] Read complete article
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How's RIM's iPhone-killer BlackBerry 9000? Not bad! So says Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry.com, who managed to get his paws on a way-before-release test unit from eBay.
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We've spent a lot of bytes and pixels speculating about RIM's ability to defend its BlackBerry franchise against the iPhone (AAPL), which is about to become compatible with c [..] Read complete article
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Research in Motion's iPhone killer, the Blackberry 9000, has finally been spotted in the wild. (AAPL) (RIMM) Engadget has pics, one of which is on right (9000 on right, Blackberry Brick on left). Some observations:
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