RIM Shots

The thing that interests me today I guess is the reception that the new BlackBerry phone has got. It has been delayed by a good 18 months, but RIM (sorry, sorry, blackberry now) have done what looks like a decent job and have got developers on board (ok, bribed 'em) but the result is the same. The critics have been cautiously positive and so have the members of the public that have had a go on the phones. So what is the end result? "Very good, but not very good enough" which is to paraphrase the tech media's view. This is a crying shame for several reasons. Firstly, blackberry have won hearts and minds of millions of people for decades and have finally brought out a decent modern product. Secondly, they have worked damn hard and taken body blows to achieve this (gotten rid of their idiot twin CEOs, delayed against public pressure, mucked up the PlayBook launch). Thirdly, they have gone their own way in terms of OS development. Sure they have taken cues from other OS makers (WebOs anyway) but have basically done their own thing. They didn't go down the incestuous tit for tat Android/iOS feature steal.

So what's my point? There is room for another player, blackberry are not down and out and they cut still cut Micronokia a new one despite the resources that Microsoft have.