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Interesting smartphone numbers from comScore published on the 8th. Despite Google strides, marketshare for BlackBerry products (RIM), still continue to be strong. These numbers are U.S. based only, but you get the idea. RIM still has just about 1/2 the market for smartphones. Thought I would post this for those that say Android and iPhones are taking over the world. Sorry, there still are a ton of BB's out there guys...
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Funny how that works isn't it? Even just in my personal network I know more people with BBs than iPhones. Yet all you hear is Android/iPhone hype.
In my Strategy course (the capstone Business course at Haskayne) we looked at a bunch of tech companies and smartphone companies. Apple, RIM, Google, Dell. It really surprised me how strong RIM is in the smartphone industry but nobody is aware of that.
One major thing that RIM has going for it in the future is the fact that everything is optimized on the BB. A data plan for a BB uses a lot less data than one for the iPhone. Carriers are getting a lot of stress put on them right now, and that's only going to increase as more people begin to use smartphones. RIM has an advantage there because everything goes through their servers and it puts a lot less stress on the networks.