Thursday, August 1, 2002
RIM faces pressure from Pocket PC Phone and Smartphone
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/story.html?id={44D934FC-0B6B-4F32-AE8E-E22293BB0C50}
"Research in Motion Ltd. was hit with two potential competitive blows yesterday that could hurt sales of its popular BlackBerry handheld device. Analysts believe a strategic alliance between AT&T Wireless Inc. and Microsoft Corp. is a threat to RIM because it will see AT&T sell Microsoft's new Pocket PC handheld device and Pocket PC wireless phone to business customers."
The second threat was from Dell, the number one PC maker that has huge inroads to the enterprise customer, RIM's primary market.
It is going to be a whole new ballgame in the US when Pocket PCs and Smartphones start shipping in quantity. This is what Microsoft has been working towards for years now, not on a disconnected PDA. I think the PDA landscape will look very different in 12 months. What about you?
"Research in Motion Ltd. was hit with two potential competitive blows yesterday that could hurt sales of its popular BlackBerry handheld device. Analysts believe a strategic alliance between AT&T Wireless Inc. and Microsoft Corp. is a threat to RIM because it will see AT&T sell Microsoft's new Pocket PC handheld device and Pocket PC wireless phone to business customers."
The second threat was from Dell, the number one PC maker that has huge inroads to the enterprise customer, RIM's primary market.
It is going to be a whole new ballgame in the US when Pocket PCs and Smartphones start shipping in quantity. This is what Microsoft has been working towards for years now, not on a disconnected PDA. I think the PDA landscape will look very different in 12 months. What about you?
