Blackberry with Android and Apple
As is known, with his BlackBerry, RIM dominates the smartphone market is recognized in corporate circles. Companies that in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 is shipped 13.2 million BlackBerry is then increasingly broaden its appeal to consumers in a wider audience.
But lately, RIM began to attract consumers because of cell phone difficulties, not considered 'sexy', especially when compared with its main competitor, the iPhone and Android smartphone. Analysts rate, the achievement of RIM shows how Canadian companies are struggling in competition with the iPhone and Android smartphone.
Almost the same thing happened on the tablet, the BlackBerry Playbook. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie RIM hopes the launch of the flagship tablet can improve the situation. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, the new RIM shipped 500 thousand units of Playbook.
"The launch of the Playbook is not running as smoothly as we planned," he said as quoted by the Washington Post and quoted on Friday (17/06/2011).
RIM hopes, earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 which ended on August 27, 2011 could be in the range of EUR 4.2 - EUR 4.8 billion.
Previously, RIM released data stating that in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 the company recorded a revenue of this company's USD 4.9 billion. This achievement grew 16% over the same quarter last year, but decreased 12% when compared to the previous quarter.
Greg Taylor, an analyst at Aurion Capital Management even mention these results indicate that RIM will not release a new device for this quarter.
"Everyone wants to have the latest and best, and they do not have any for sale now," Taylor attack. Read also : Android 2.3 Reviews and Feature Update
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