While most cubicles are buzzing with fawning talk of iPhones and Pres, the phones that sit idly listening to all that talk are probably BlackBerry Curves. If unexciting, the Curve is the top selling smartphone in the U.S., and part of the reason that RIM has been able to sustain remarkable growth over the last few years: an average of 77% increase in revenue in the last three years. Big numbers like that have vaulted the Canadian company to the top of Fortune's list of fastest-growing companies list, making it number one this year.
RIM's phones will have a hell of a time hanging onto their ubiquity over the next three years. Nokia, once content to be the dumbphone king, is renewing its music and smartphone initiatives--and any company with Nokia's sheer size and marketshare can change the mobile landscape quickly. That's to say nothing of the progress of other smartphone companies vying for a chunk of the smartphone market; by some predictions the mobile software market will balloon to 10 million apps by 2020.
[Via Fortune]
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Recent Comments | 3 Total
August 19, 2009 at 2:24pm by Ryan Thompson
Blackberry is the most reliable smartphone ever. It doesn't have the best music capabilities but its great for professionals who like a good combination of work and flair in their phones.
August 21, 2009 at 9:52am by Polo Martin
Could RIM be behind this next consumer oriented 4G web phone? I am curious to find out who is behind the w@son. check www.get-a-watson.com for more details and tell me if you know. RIM would certainly benefit to roll out a brand that is targeted at lifestyle and content consumer and continuew to market BlackBerry to businesses and professionals. If not RIM, then who is behind w@son?
November 20, 2009 at 7:56am by Jim pedd
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