Todd Kort
Todd Kort
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RIM does not appear to be losing much momentum despite its legal problems and the threat of an injunction. Generally, BlackBerry users are staying put because of the high cost of switching, lack of suitable alternative devices, and the low probability of BlackBerry service being shut down.
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There are plenty of other push-e-mail solutions out there, but I would say 75 percent of BlackBerry users look at other devices and don't find any of them particularly attractive.
bring call fairly featured fully goal hope strategic upgrade users year
The Z22 is a fairly strategic product. The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.
bring call fairly featured fully goal hope strategic upgrade users year
The Z22 is a fairly strategic product, ... The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.
enterprise four market percent users
It used to be around 20 percent of the market were enterprise users about four years ago.
access corporate growing message mobile portion short users wireless
A growing portion of new users and users who are upgrading want better messaging capabilities, such as access to corporate e-mail, short message services, wireless LAN, or integration of a PDA with a mobile phone,
companies switch time
That doesn't give companies much time to switch over.
buying fell path taken
It fell on its face. Buying Be has taken them down the path to destruction.
compete create difficult finding might seems several solutions strongly taken target ways
Why HP, Dell, Nokia, Motorola, Palm, etc. have taken so long to create solutions that might strongly compete with RIM is difficult to comprehend. RIM has had a big target on their back for several years and everyone seems to keep finding ways of missing.
advised companies staying
We've advised them to look at alternatives, but most companies are staying put.
absolutely companies talk
There are companies I talk with that are absolutely livid.
bit hear shortage
I don't hear anything about there being any shortage of ISPs in this market, so they may find it a bit difficult.
certainly wants
He certainly wants it out of his hair.
alone amount billion generate given likely revenue settle whatever
Given RIM is likely to generate at least $1.5 billion in revenue from the U.S. alone this year, it just would make a lot of sense for RIM to settle for whatever amount they can.