Sorry RIMM, Apple Killed You
For those of you who don’t follow my twitter (shame on you), about a week ago I finally decided to get an iPhone. Mainly because my contract expired and I got a good deal.
That being said, for the last 3 months or so I have been debating to go with the iPhone or Blackberry Bold. My main concern being the lack of real buttons as opposed to the touch screen keyboard. Once I started to consider the iPhone more, then I was wondering about the Blackberry Storm. Should I make the carrier switch? After all the storm was suppose to be the iPhone killer, right?
A couple days after I got the iPhone, my sister’s company gave her a Blackberry Storm. Obviously, we were having brother-sister battles between which one was better. For the past 2 months, my sister was waving around the fact she was getting a Storm, although I don’t really think she knew much about it.
Well, we finally got around to comparing to the two. As far as my sister and I can tell, the iPhone is far and away better than the iPhone. The functionality, available aps, and software integration just seems unmatched. For something that was to be the iPhone killer, does not even come close.
What does this all mean for Research in Motion (RIMM)? They are screwed. Simple as that. Lets face the facts. In this generation, Apple (AAPL) has simply killed all its competition:
Apple rejuvenated their computers. Now the Mac seems a far better choice than PC. Apple created the iPod. Other mp3 players seem obsolete. Apple entered music distribution. Add in the iPod integration, and now nobody can touch them. Now Apple enters the smart phone world. I am pretty sure we all see the trend here.
What puts RIMM in an even worse situation is that wireless communications is what they do. The iPhone is just a small part of what Apple has to offer. When a company that doesn’t specialize in one thing beats out another who does, then what is point? That would be like me practicing basketball 100% only to be beat by someone who practices 15% of the time.
With both stocks currently on life support, I’m sure they seem enticing for many speculative buyers. While I am not worried about Apple’s future, there is nothing securing RIMM’s price movement higher. They obviously lost the next generation smart phone battle, and, unless there are some major turnarounds, is there really any need to buy the second best?
Sorry RIMM you have entered the Black List.
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THEWILD1:
NO APOLOGIES, YOU’VE JUST GOT APPLE ‘ ED! (like everyone else)
Welcome back to 2007, it is no surprise how Apple suckers like yourself have embarked on the journey as what other APPL band wagoners have opted.
Should Apple decide to embark on offering push mail – constantly monitored os/device or better yet, a proprietary platform dedicating a necessity in this corporate world – I need emails then, now and tommorrow.
Storm, I will have to agree is an uncalled-for attempt to reach out to the world of touchscreen lovers.
Bold, on the other hand, is the best BlackBerry device handsdown. Graphically superior than the iPhone, QWERTY, Push E-Mail, 3G encompassing the necessities as opposed to kiddos installing junk applications on their iPhone. Perhaps you have entered a Rabbit Hole in which incessant downloads of Apps satisfy your cravings in the world of 2007 when the iPhones were jailbroken and open-source Installer softwares were rampant.
At the end of the day, re-think the basics of what a phone is utilized for. Less is More. Simplicity……beautiful.
I have both phones and until you have utilized both at the same time, your article is deemed lop-sided, hanging on the edge, waiting to be squeezed and hung out to dry.
So much for your Apple Afterglow…
I too jumped on the iphone band wagon. My wife and myself both purchased one. My wife wasn’t happy with the iphone after just 2 days. During this time the blackberry lineup at verizon was being offered buy one get one free! We switched to the Blackberry Storms. They just didn’t compare to the iphone. Service, Apps, Capabilities, etc. With that being said…… My wife and my self now own iphones aka “Weathered the Storm”
Yeah the apps are really what makes the iphone stand out from all others