Death of the Blackberry

[godoftrading]

The Blackberry reminds me of energy drinks like Hansen's Monster. Once upon a time, I saw everyone with a Monster and they were all the rage. Then eventually everyone got sick of them and left them for dead.

In the same way, thats how I see the Blackberry. Imagine being at home with your family spending quality time just to see this damned thing vibrate and ring. You get so sick of this thing that it becomes more of a nuisance then a luxury. At work, when you had a Blackberry then you were someone important. Now, if you have a Blackberry, then your just a tool. No one at my work sends emails anymore because they know that these Blackberry fools will always deliver some smart remark.

Im guessing with that awful earnings call from RIMM is the start of a new downtrend that will take the stock much lower as people refuse to carry these damned Blackberries. Just like HANS, when a growth momentum stock like RIMM is no longer growing then everyone starts to sell the stock on any strength.

Folks, good time to take this short.

 

[MrGecko]

I think they also have problems with reliability; I know of several occaisions where the whole system has gone down... I also heard that it now is only "business critical" users who get the RIMM device, others get the regular smartphone w/ QWERTY keyboard...

.. I even heard something about HSBC rolling out iPhones across the comapny, as RIMM replacements.