However, even a RIM spokesman and Luddite like me would grudgingly concede the iPhone changed everything.
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Well, more on the potential for a RIM buyer in a later post.
"We are working with DOD and DISA to ensure we have approval as soon as possible, " a RIM spokeswoman said in a written statement.
Thus, the chances of a RIM acquisition are slim to none.
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The PlayBook, in contrast, has been in the public eye since last fall when it was demonstrated at a RIM developer gathering and a conference held by partner Adobe.
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But the biggest obstacle to a RIM comeback is simply that the iPhone and Android have become the default for phone buyers, and few will see a reason to try something else.
Not some hardware guy or a RIM comeback.
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They got another lift from Iman Shumpert in the following period, when the swingman connected on all four of his shots in the second, including a rim-rocking, put-back dunk that put the Knicks up by 37-26.
Last week, RIM jumped on speculation that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in RIM, which will help him push for a board seat and press the company to consider a sale (see Rumored Icahn Stake in RIM Fuels Takeover, Asset Sale Speculation).
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Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back.
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At the Las Vegas office of one prepaid-card shop, Hi-Rim, a colleague of Pavlo's showed up to demand payment--and a Hi-Rim official threatened to go get his gun, the colleague says.
As a result, RIM will record a provision that reflects the current market environment and allows it to expand upon the aggressive level of promotional activity recently employed by the company in order to drive PlayBook adoption around the world.
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For example, market share is a critical driver for RIM, and a slight change in expectations can cause large declines to our estimate for RIM stock.
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It's gauging whether or not a leaner RIM is once again nimble enough to stay relevant.
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More have trumpeted a successful BlackBerry 10 as a the first step in a revitalized RIM.
He decided to go into petrochemicals while attending a Pacific Rim business conference in the Indonesian island of Bali in mid-1994.
Fold the dough edges in, creating a decorative rim atop the pizza.
The Czech Republic consists of the ancient provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, with a mountainous rim on its western border with Germany.
The edge of the entire setup is prominently lined with a gray rim, which also comprises the top part of the phone's back side.
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Companies that stand to benefit from a wounded RIM include smartphone competitors Palm, Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, as well as software vendors like Microsoft.
"When Putin came here to open a Pacific Rim exhibition, he was surprised to see Chinese people selling things in the markets, " says Wei Dai Tong, the Vladivostok merchant.
In the roughly 18 months since it last released a new BlackBerry, RIM installed a new management team, laid off 5, 000 employees, and built an entirely new operating system on which to run its new phones.
There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides.
Nokia had asked courts in the US, UK and Canada to take action after a tribunal ruled that RIM should be paying a fee to include a common type of wi-fi connectivity on its devices.
"There's a very clear rim of feathers running down the top of its head like a Mohican, all the way along its back, " Professor Benton described.
From this vantage point, unless Man of Steel connects on a primal level or Pacific Rim really is a game-changer, Iron Man 3 is the presumptive box office champion of summer 2013, if not the entire calendar year.
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That leaves millions of "CrackBerry" addicts still wondering whether they'll be disconnected from their favorite gadgets, corporate users worried about business that depends on the devices, and investors shivering over the prospects of a decision that could cost RIM upwards of a billion dollars.
He then got a steal and took it to the rim for a one-handed dunk to give the Nets a 20-18 lead with 2:35 remaining in the quarter.
There are an estimated 80 million BlackBerry users out there, and a good chunk will almost certainly upgrade to the new device over the next two quarters to give RIM a financial boost after months of holding out for BB10.
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