RIM Extends BES Device Management to iOS and Android
Hmmmmm....
This will put them head to head with Microsoft exchange now. First, they make a good bit of money from their enterprise servers, which they can use in other areas. Second, the one advantage microsoft exchange always had was it would work across platforms, now RIM can say the same.
I say this as someone who hasn't agreed with a single decision RIM has made in like 3 yrs, so i think this is a smart move.
I say this as someone who hasn't agreed with a single decision RIM has made in like 3 yrs, so i think this is a smart move.
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I understand. I agree that this puts them head to head with Exchange. How does that dispute my original assertion? If I can have the security of RIM AND my choice of handset...why choose Blackberry?
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RIM isn't just about cellphones. They sell other business products to different corporations. Their Blackberry brand of smartphones are just a division of the overall company
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Yes. I did not say this would hasted RIM's demises... I said,
"This should hasten RIM's demise as a mobile device manufacturer quite nicely."
"This should hasten RIM's demise as a mobile device manufacturer quite nicely."
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Azeron said:
I understand. I agree that this puts them head to head with Exchange. How does that dispute my original assertion? If I can have the security of RIM AND my choice of handset...why choose Blackberry?
I'm sure there will still be features that make it advantageous to carry a Blackberry connected to the BES as apposed to the alternative devices connected to the BES.
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Azeron said:
I understand. I agree that this puts them head to head with Exchange. How does that dispute my original assertion? If I can have the security of RIM AND my choice of handset...why choose Blackberry?
There's still significant RIM functionality that will only work on PIN-powered Blackberry handsets that cannot be exported to Android or iOS.
From the press release:
...Certain features are expected to remain exclusive to BlackBerry devices because such capabilities are built into the design of a device’s operating system. Examples include RIM’s industry-leading push technology, network and data usage efficiency, behind-the-firewall access to ente...
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This should be interesting. I'm really starting to think that maybe they are counting their loses and going away from the device manufacturing all together but won't say so, to protect their investment money and their stock holders for the time being. Maybe they are shifting their business model slowly. Idk, just something that's really screaming in my head, so I'm going to write that thought down and see how this move plans out in the long run and see if I was right on this.
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I finally agree with you Azeron. I was thinking the same thing while reading the article. Wow, just wow. This is a big mistake in my opinion.
So now I can keep an Android or an Apple iPhone and get that good old "Blackberry Security" that was RIM's claim to fame? Yeah, RIP BB. SMH
So now I can keep an Android or an Apple iPhone and get that good old "Blackberry Security" that was RIM's claim to fame? Yeah, RIP BB. SMH
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