Tag Archives: Blackberry

The BlackBerry PlayBook will be the death of RIM

Posted on 12/02/2011 by Zed

According to the Wall St. Journal, RIM is going to take a $485 million loss on the BlackBerry Playbook. Chip Cummins of WSJ reports that PlayBook, which was released in April, sold 500,000 tablets in its first quarter, 250,000 in … Continue reading →

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Chronicle of RIM’s death foretold

Posted on 11/03/2011 by Zed

Oct. 27th: RIM released the hideous BlackBerry Porsche. RIM Stock: 21.28 Nov. 2nd: RIM Stock: 18.84. (Below book value) Enough said.

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Bad-Design Review: The hideous BlackBerry Porsche

Posted on 10/31/2011 by Zed

At this point I am pretty much done with BlackBerry. Any ounce of sympathy or impartiality I had for the company RIM–makers of BlackBerry, has now left my body. It is pretty much a foregone conclusion that RIM is done … Continue reading →

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My Blackberry is not working: BBC comedy has hilarious puns

Posted on 10/14/2011 by Zed

I have never seen so many puns fly in under 3 minutes. Watch this hilarious video from BBC. Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this skit from The One Ronnie, written by Dawson Bros. Well worth your three minutes.

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Is this the end of BlackBerry?

Posted on 10/12/2011 by Zed

The new BlackBerry 9900, above, was greeted with a lukewarm reception. Research in Motion (RIM) the Waterloo, Ontario-based Company, which was once flying high with its BlackBerry products, is seemingly headed towards the end. BlackBerry was heavily adopted in the … Continue reading →