World travelers can also add a European or Pacific Rim base map from the installation CD.
There is no stabilization evident here, even with the rather large enterprise customer base of RIM.
It is on the back of its about 80 million strong subscriber base that RIM has been able to continue generating cash through steady high-margin carrier fees despite reporting net losses for three quarters straight.
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However, while sales in the developed markets of the U.S., Canada and U.K. continue to decline steeply, a sustained popularity of the BBM service in international markets has helped RIM defend its subscriber base quite well.
However, we still see more value in the stock coming from its huge subscriber base and the unique value propositions RIM can make in push email and security.
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With BB nowhere near its peaks of customer appeal, RIM will be primarily looking to get its installed base to upgrade to BB10 initially.
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However, RIM's biggest challenge is still to expand the developer base around its ecosystem and convince developers to work and innovate with BlackBerry 10.
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Regardless of market share upside, it is our view that RIM is now in a good position to successfully stabilize its base, which will help repair its brand reputation and push shipments higher on a year-over-year basis off a low base.
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Now t he New York Times has reported RIM leadership as one of the worst in 2011, because an installed base is no longer the competitive entry barrier Michael Porter waxed about in the early 1980s.
"The market for BlackBerry is our core customer base and that's what we've targeted, " said RIM president Mike Lazaridis.
"Sprint and RIM have been strong partners for more than a dozen years, and we have an extremely loyal base of BlackBerry customers who will appreciate the features of the new BlackBerry 10 platform, " said David Owens, vice president-Product Development, Sprint.
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