Comments on: RIM Shares Slide as Droid Debut Nears

By: Jason Lackey

Jason Lackey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:15 +0000

Many speak of droid as being an iphone killer, but it is not. Android, the platform, is certainly a pre killer and very well could take a huge chunk out of rim. The per month per seat fees and odd proprietary backend where all your data are belong to rim are going to be increasingly hard to justify. With android 2.0 eclair offering out of the box activesync, new android devices will by default hook up eaasily and cheaply to corporate exchange servers, no extra fees required. That sais, it seems that motodroid is lacking in terms of a keyboard, or at least a good one, but that is easily addressed while the corner rim is painted into is not.

Posted from an android phone with activesync

By: tom p.

tom p. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:40:21 +0000

Agree. Unless RIM can sue Microsoft for ActiveSync and anyone who offers IMAP on a mobile phone, I think their days of IP protected glory are gone. When your business model is based on forcing “partners” to pay $X per sub/mo for the privilege of running traffic through your email server which provides little to no added value other than offering unscheduled outages, your days are numbered. They’ll squeeze as much as they can out of their evaporating turnip for years to come, but their hardware design has always stunk and more importantly their OS is only slightly better than Windows Mobile Whatever, which is horrid.

Add to that the argument that email doesn’t matter anymore and they’ve really got problems. That’s an extreme position, but there is some merit to that Web 2.0 argument.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Todd

I think RIM has a developer conference next week so we should hear some choice things there :-)

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:08:24 +0000

RIM you had a good run.

…but the days of resting on one’s laurels are over ( goes for you too Nokia ). Even the conservative suit and tie crowd ( your bread and butter! ) want the new hawtness and you aren’t providing it. Pay money for push email ( Good )? Seriously? Ask TomTom and Garmin how that business model is going

Should I expect some angry tirade from a RIM executive, about how “evil” Android is, and its best to never innovate, sit on ones hands and just keep selling the same decade old phone? ( See previous Om post where the guy from Symbian flipped out about Android ).