RIM: fell to Apple marketing and Samsung sleek fragility. Their last phone introduced features google and Apple are still creeping out some 15 years on.
Nortel: Fell to Harper’s desire to make Canada a US colony as well as the CPC bot doing anything to stop the CCP from stealing everything the company had. In particular, Nortel developed 5G tech that China then “premiered”
RIM: fell to Apple marketing and Samsung sleek fragility. Their last phone introduced features google and Apple are still creeping out some 15 years on.
Nortel: Fell to Harper’s desire to make Canada a US colony as well as the CPC bot doing anything to stop the CCP from stealing everything the company had. In particular, Nortel developed 5G tech that China then “premiered”
RIM fell to dingbat leadership who refused to heed market trends until it was well beyond too late.
Source: I own a black t-shirt with BE BOLD in lettering on the front. IYKYK.
How accurate is the BlackBerry movie?
It’s a pretty good movie
They also wanted to keep charging huge monthly fees for….email.
Amen. RIM died by suicide.
They insisted on a closed app ecosystem. Not just a walled garden, fully locked down potted plants and they’re the only ones allowed.