RIM STANDS A CHANCE AT COMEBACK IF IT TARGETS MICROSOFT, NOT APPLE
On Monday Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research In Motion, rallied support at a conference for the upcoming BlackBerry 10. After cutting past the bravado that Heins put up perhaps for a show, it is clear that RIM is conceding the top two spots in mobile to Apple and Google‘s Android.
Heins’ realism is progress in that now RIM is realizing that it does not stand a chance of returning to its former glory days. Both Apple and Android are too far ahead of RIM for RIM to catch up. The foregoing may seem obvious to a casual reader but astute watchers of RIM would see that the company that once dismissed iPhone as a toy and then refused to accept the reality of the marketplace for a number of years finally gets it.… Please click here or the title below to read more.