Here's the prevailing wisdom on RIM, makers of BlackBerry, from the tech community:
Slow to react. Underpowered. Last-generation hardware. Ancient software. Refusal to expand beyond the corporate world. Lousy web browsing. Lousy multimedia playback. Lousy syncing. Barren app store. "Doomed to be the next Nokia."
Well, that doesn't seem to matter to John Q. North American Smartphone Purchaser. It seems as though reports of RIM's eventual demise were very much exaggerated, because the company's quarterly profit jumped a whopping 68% over the year-ago quarter. That's not only "not failing," that's an impressive showing from any tech company.
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Author: Dan Nosowitz
