Hmm, apparently HP didn't get the Elopcalypse memo about the " three-horse race" that considers HP's and RIM's ecosystems irrelevant.
Their excellence in hardware is not matched in software and usability, areas in which North American firms excel (think of gadgets like Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry).
Which is to say, it's a hardware design RIM's less likely to muck up.
In June, Motorola settled a patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. over key technology found in RIM's smartphones, with RIM agreeing to make a one-time payment and continuing royalties in exchange for a halt to the litigation.
If it doesn't, Spencer could enforce an injunction banning BlackBerry sales in the U.S. That would cripple RIM's business, cutting it off from the market that provides 70% of its sales.
Not to mention the fact that Gartner doesn't have such high expectations for QNX's tablet market share, nor RIM's long-term smartphone position -- and IDC indicates much of the same.
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On the very same day, RIM filed a similar lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern District of Texas against Motorola for "demanding exorbitant royalties" on patents that are essential to RIM's business.
In interviews he's indicated that he feels singled out because of the company's success and that he must prove the RIM's virtue again and again.
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That's ahead of Palm's 13%, but still well behind RIM's 45%.
After news of Nokia's latest action was revealed by Computerworld magazine, RIM's shares fell more than 10% in after-hours trading.
He once, memorably, halted an interview with the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones after being asked about RIM's policy on user privacy in the Middle East.
While he has suggested he's open to a wide range of options, including a sale of the company, he has also said he's focused for the time being on rolling out RIM's new line of phones.
WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 9, 2012) - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today learned that the Judge in a patent action brought by Mformation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted RIM's motion for judgment as a matter of law, concluding that the evidence did not support the Jury's finding of patent infringement.
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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.
Palm hopes to broaden the Foleo's market by giving it an open Linux-based operating system that allows developers to tinker with it so it can be paired with other companies' smart phones, including Motorola 's (nyse: MOT - news - people ) Q and RIM's BlackBerrys.
When contacted by the BBC, Nokia confirmed it had taken action "with the aim of ending RIM's breach of contract", adding it would also continue to pursue a separate case against RIM in Germany involving antenna, email and navigation technologies.
Today''s announcement from RIM builds on the recent deployment of mobile payments in Canada by EnStream, a joint venture of Bell, Rogers and TELUS, which uses RIM''s SEM solution.
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RIM's BlackBerry Torch was announced while the iPhone 4 was introduced to great fanfare.
Push e-mail, which is RIM's bread and butter faces quite a bit of competition.
RIM's first phone with the new software, the BlackBerry Z10, is a touch-only device.
Investors largely shrugged off the settlement, which is equivalent to 15% of RIM's cash holdings.
Balsillie has to become more than a one-hit wonder--BlackBerry hardware is 70% of RIM's revenue.
Microsoft wants to replace RIM's e-mail software with its own version, which it offers for free.
RIM's delay with its BlackBerry 10 platform will further impair its ability to retain users.
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The danger: If RIM's loses handset customers, this revenue will also suffer over time.
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He says RIM's latest earnings conference call offered very few specifics--emphasis on the very.
If anything, that upcoming traditional take on Blackberry is where RIM's most likely to succeed.
The server problems are believed to have originated at RIM's UK data centre in Slough.
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