RIM stands, staggers, falls again

This is an awful cock up on their part and shows how relient BB users are on one infrastructure set. I would still say that even bes express provides more granular control of a business device than an android/iphone or windows phone can with exchange active sync. I support both and I dont have to worry much about BB's where I worry all the time about active sync connected phones and there app happy end users.

Unless RIM go horribly bust and everything dies I still dont see a more secure/controllable way of providing email/messaging to the business users.

Optional

You know, for a while I'd been slating RIM constantly for the trash that is the torch, for their idiotic decisions regarding app dev for he PlayBook - they gave me the one I'm using for free - and for their general inability to be as awesome as they were when I got my first one six-odd years back.

Now, though I have flip-flopped to an irrational loyalty. I mean, seriously, can't catch a break! So, their software doesn't make things scroll right, and their app world has as many games total as the iphone has backgammon clones, and their CEOs are insane, and their code signing tool will delete your whole hard drive if you put in 'C:\' instead of 'C:\bbkeys\. What company -doesn't- have a few of those problems?

It's prejudice, I tell you. Prejudice.

Apple increasingly attractive....

Until I can get an iPhone free, on a cheapo contract - say £15/month over 2 years ot wont be that attractive.

Saying that I may go 'droid when this curve 3g gives up the ghost or VM need to bribe me further not to take my viewing to sky (last year was the blackberry for £12 a month this year a V+ box for nowt).

I'm not willing to pay more than a couple of cases of cider a month for any phone.

I do like my iPod Touch as a toy/imdb viewer/ebook reader though.

Single vendor

A Cloudy service with a single operator? No thanks.

I have various email with various providers.

Is this the future of iThings and Azure/xbox etc?

I can't see an iPhone being better in the LONG term...

"Like a drunk in denial, RIM keeps telling us it is absolutely fine, before staggering around for a bit and finally collapsing in an unresponsive heap"

Presumably, RIM will soon release a statement telling us that they love us, that we are their best mate, before challenging us all to a fight and ending with a few rambling lines from 'We Are the Champions'.

So what did you do before..

People survived well before this tech, why is it so difficult to adjust. Oh right thats it, jump on to the Apple Cloud. I'm waiting for that to trip as well.

With my nokia 8210, i can make calls and receive them. I'm sure your blackberry can too. Just use that feature!

Also great customer service.

And all 75 remaining users were really upset!

Without these services, how would the last of their users support each other?

IPhone ?

The line "and making the iPhone appear an increasingly attractive alternative" is somewhat misplaced as the keyboard is such a big feature for Blackberry.. customers are more likely to switch to Android or even WinPhone7 rather than an Apple.

Makes Microsoft's assertion "..we could be No3.." look prophetic

Won't someone think of the children!

How are they going to organise their riots now?