Although tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Mediterranean are smaller than the biggest ones around the Pacific rim, Magnitude 8 events have been recorded, such as the 1303 Crete quake whose tsunami devastated Heraklion and Alexandria.
Microsoft pulled off near-simultaneous launches of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 and RIM ... well, RIM gave us something to look forward to in 2013.
Last quarter saw RIM shipping only 7.8 million smartphones, a precipitous drop of 40% y-o-y and 30% q-o-q.
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But by the same quarter of 2005, Palm's share had fallen by nearly half to 17.8%, compared with RIM's 23.2%, and 12.5% for HP.
The Lakers came in with a nine-game regular season winning streak against New Orleans, but when Howard's rim-rattling dunk gave Los Angeles an 8-4 lead, that was the largest lead the Lakers would have until the final seconds.
Apple nabbed 24.5% of the market with 47.8 million shipped iPhones, while Nokia and RIM took up the tail of the quarter with 86.3 and 6.9 million shipped devices, respectively.
His shot attempts this season have averaged 4 feet, 9 inches from the basket, more than four feet closer to the rim than last season, when his average shot was from 8 feet, 10 inches away, according to Stats LLC.
While in the UK, the company formerly known as RIM has gone from a seemingly secure third place with 16.8 percent of the market to a quickly fading fourth with 5.1 percent is just 12 months.
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Michaluk thinks that RIM's decision to delay its big BlackBerry 10 launch until after Windows Phone 8 debuted could yield unexpected advantages.
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No surprises about HP and RIM, but he gives Microsoft a 50-50 chance of succeeding with Windows 8 and warns that Apple may have peaked.
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There could be a downside of 10% to our price estimate for RIM if its market share only reaches 7% by 2016, instead of the 8% that we currently forecast.
While Nokia has already transitioned to the Windows Phone 8 platform and is seeing some initial success with the recently launched Lumias, RIM has placed all its hopes on the new BB10 platform which will be launched towards the end of January.
But look at the two charts below ( courtesy of Marketpsychdata) and you will see that even as the markets and press were writing RIM off, the broader sentiment around the company and its smartphone product (then still 8 months from launch) was picking up momentum.
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