RIM May Split Business Apart
Jun 24, 2012, 10:29 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Research In Motion, which last month hired banking firms to help it explore strategic options, might break the company up. Reuters, citing the U.K.'s Sunday Times, says that RIM might fracture the company by splitting its handset business apart from its messaging network. RIM may make its handset business a separate company, or sell it altogether, according to The Sunday Times. Potential acquirers of said handset business include Amazon and Facebook, and RIM's messaging network could also be sold off and/or opened up to competing platforms to help generate income. Last, RIM might sell a large stake of the existing company to a larger market player, such as Microsoft. Neither The Sunday Times nor Reuters cited sources for their information.
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Reminds me of when Palm was circling the bowl...
This "breaking up the company" business reminds me of when Palm was circling the bowl before they eventually went down the pipe. I wonder if RIM will do the exact same thing...
tjobrien21 said:
This "breaking up the company" business reminds me of when Palm was circling the bowl before they eventually went down the pipe. I wonder if RIM will do the exact same thing...
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Not going to happen :/
RIM still plans on kicking and screaming apparently....
http://trutower.com/2012/06/25/rim-denies-rumors-of- ... »
...I think they should just give up.
http://trutower.com/2012/06/25/rim-denies-rumors-of- ... »
...I think they should just give up.
skaii said:
...I think they should just give up.
Google has make less off Android than it does leaching off of IOS.
Google should "just give up" too 🤣
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/29/ »...
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Maybe, maybe not....time will tell.
But one thing is certain, all the people cheering for the demise of every smartphone platform other than iPhone and Android will be very unhappy if they get their wish.
Computers were better when you had the c...
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But one thing is certain, all the people cheering for the demise of every smartphone platform other than iPhone and Android will be very unhappy if they get their wish.
Computers were better when you had the c...
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apple and android are not the only players. you have ms.
rim is done
rim is done
Finally
We all knew this was coming RIM is now trying to salvage what it can. Everyone who has money in the company is now trying to sell sell sell. All the signs were there but BB10 gave people hope.
marufio said:
We all knew this was coming RIM is now trying to salvage what it can. Everyone who has money in the company is now trying to sell sell sell. All the signs were there but BB10 gave people hope.
If tha...
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I Find It Ironic
When at&t offered to buy T-Mobile, so many people here complained about the possibility of an 'at&t/Verizon duopoly' yet now that we are actually facing that very possibility in the smartphone market, an 'Apple/Google duopoly' many of the people who bemoaned a duopoly in carriers are gleefully cheering for one in smartphone operating systems....
If it ever actually does get down to just 'iPhone vs Android' and nothing else....then as smartphone consumers we're seriously boned....
We've already seen the number of options decline by 2....Palm and Symbian both gone....and our choices are diminished as a result...
If RIM does indeed go bankrupt, as so many of you are gleefully hoping, then our only options will be iPhone, Android and Wi...
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If it ever actually does get down to just 'iPhone vs Android' and nothing else....then as smartphone consumers we're seriously boned....
We've already seen the number of options decline by 2....Palm and Symbian both gone....and our choices are diminished as a result...
If RIM does indeed go bankrupt, as so many of you are gleefully hoping, then our only options will be iPhone, Android and Wi...
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Very well said.
Each platform has it's advantages. All of us find things that are truly annoying and wonderful about our phones to gloat or whine about.
RIM's demise wouldn't be good for anyone
Each platform has it's advantages. All of us find things that are truly annoying and wonderful about our phones to gloat or whine about.
RIM's demise wouldn't be good for anyone
Nobody wants a platform duopoly, but RIM just doesn't have their stuff together. They've had 5 years .
Quite frankly, it's better the dead, lousy, legacy platforms get cleared out so developers don't have to waste time supporting them.
Quite frankly, it's better the dead, lousy, legacy platforms get cleared out so developers don't have to waste time supporting them.
Let's Not Forget
This is by no means the end of RIM. Maybe, RIM as we currently know it but, they will still be around. Let's not get side tracked with the business aspect and understand that RIM may just turn out to be a more rounded company, once they open up more of there services to other platforms.
If they decide to go that route, it would be a way to keep people thinking about their services, like BBM, security features and email services. These were the three main features in my opinion, that made BB so popular, in addition to the physical keyboard, that is.
This will give them time to improve OS10, while actively improving user experiences and possibly offering something new to the game, while allowing them to run on other platforms. So, when ...
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If they decide to go that route, it would be a way to keep people thinking about their services, like BBM, security features and email services. These were the three main features in my opinion, that made BB so popular, in addition to the physical keyboard, that is.
This will give them time to improve OS10, while actively improving user experiences and possibly offering something new to the game, while allowing them to run on other platforms. So, when ...
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Is that this is not even confirmed yet....it is speculation by a third party source whom we don't even know has any real knowledge....
But....assuming it is true....exactly what this would mean for Blackberry 10 is anybody's guess...
If RIM is g...
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But....assuming it is true....exactly what this would mean for Blackberry 10 is anybody's guess...
If RIM is g...
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Think BB failed to deliver what customers wanted. Shame..Shame
I think this is premature, to say the least, the option of getting out of hardware business and focusing solely on software was one of the 2-3 options RIM was considered a likely way to reorganize the company....I'll be damned if I can understand how ...
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