|
09-30-2013, 12:46 PM | ||
Bazinga!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Casino cash: $191820
|
Blackberry's fall
I thought this was an interesting piece about Research in Motion (RIM/maker of Blackberries) and how it went from the top of the cell phone world to its current predicament. The article itself is quite long and probably won't be everyone's cup of tea but I recommend reading it if you're at all interested in business.
Mods: Feel free to move to the Media Center if you wish but I figured it was interesting enough to put out here where more than five people might actually see it. Short excerpt: Quote:
|
|
Posts: 5,494
|
09-30-2013, 12:52 PM | #2 |
You're CARICATURES, ALL of you
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kansas City, MO
Casino cash: $510960
|
That and the fact that Jim Balsillie was more interested in getting an NHL in Hamilton, ONT than growing his company.
__________________
“There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy.” - Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man |
Posts: 10,848
|
09-30-2013, 12:56 PM | #3 |
Mahomes Fanboi
Join Date: Apr 2004
Casino cash: $1884969
|
Interesting. Even though the company I work for is doing well, stories like this bring realization that nothing good lasts forever.
|
Posts: 19,720
|
09-30-2013, 01:04 PM | #4 |
Immanentize The Eschaton
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: In Partibus Infidelium
Casino cash: $865880
|
It's funny. Just a year ago my kids and I had cheap little phones from Metro PCS. I finally upgraded to a smart phone, then did the same with my kids. Our cheap little low end phones worked just like the Blackberry.
|
Posts: 56,228
|
09-30-2013, 01:08 PM | #5 | |
MVP
Join Date: Mar 2010
Casino cash: $10022775
|
Quote:
We made Blackberry phones the standard for all smart phones in my company, and it solved a bunch of problems we were having with reliability. Then a few years later we changed the standard to iPhones. I felt pretty good about both decisions. Blackberries were great in their day, but that day is gone. I don't see how RIM can survive. |
|
Posts: 16,709
|
09-30-2013, 01:09 PM | #6 |
Psycho Bag Of Squanch
Join Date: Sep 2001
Casino cash: $9594244
|
Berry was the first smart phone I had years ago. It was great.
Then they just...stopped.
__________________
“Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Joseph Stalin |
Posts: 69,591
|
09-30-2013, 01:22 PM | #7 |
GBM 8-12-15
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Dayton, Oh.
Casino cash: $10052154
|
Arrogant jackasses.
|
Posts: 59,997
|
09-30-2013, 01:24 PM | #8 |
Bazinga!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Casino cash: $191820
|
A lot of the reason this was so interesting to me. A blackberry was my first one as well. I still have one through work. It feels even less technologically advanced than my old one from several years ago.
__________________
|
Posts: 5,494
|
09-30-2013, 01:27 PM | #9 |
MVP
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Driftless Region
Casino cash: $-410000
|
Self-inflicted suicide
|
Posts: 8,946
|
09-30-2013, 01:34 PM | #10 |
Psycho Bag Of Squanch
Join Date: Sep 2001
Casino cash: $9594244
|
They had the market by the balls but it's like they fired their r&d team...the op makes sense. Hubris.
__________________
“Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Joseph Stalin |
Posts: 69,591
|
09-30-2013, 01:42 PM | #11 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $844734
|
Quote:
I really liked BB. They just didn't keep pace. |
|
Posts: 57,682
|
09-30-2013, 01:56 PM | #12 | |
Bazinga!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Casino cash: $191820
|
Quote:
The China deal and blackberry messenger providing seem like particularly egregious missed opportunities.
__________________
|
|
Posts: 5,494
|
09-30-2013, 02:05 PM | #13 |
Rufus Dawes Jr.
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $258179
|
You could write the story of BB's fail in one sentence.
"Things were great, we were kicking ass until Google and Apple chose to enter the market." |
Posts: 17,513
|
09-30-2013, 02:09 PM | #14 |
Rufus Dawes Jr.
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $258179
|
A company like RIM needed to be bought out by Google, who bought a struggling motorola in 2012. The only company that impresses me is Samsung, but they run on the android
|
Posts: 17,513
|
09-30-2013, 02:12 PM | #15 |
Psycho Bag Of Squanch
Join Date: Sep 2001
Casino cash: $9594244
|
That seems about right...android is so customer friendly.
__________________
“Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Joseph Stalin |
Posts: 69,591
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|