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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
RIM competitors in the starting blocks
So it's perfectly clear: corporate wireless e-mail is a potential killer-app. In reality it hasn't become that yet, due to technical issues (read: bad product and system designs) and legal issues.
This is about to change, and quickly, as there are several other companies on the market that want to get into this business. We are not talking rocket science here: Like with the iPod it's rather about making it simple to use and simple to understand.
The article mentions Good, Visto and Intellisync as competitors, but also Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft want a piece of this pie.
"RIM barely scratches the surface. We don't need any of their customers," said Brian Bogosian, chief executive of Visto Corp
RIM rivals cash in as BlackBerry hearing looms - Yahoo! News
This is about to change, and quickly, as there are several other companies on the market that want to get into this business. We are not talking rocket science here: Like with the iPod it's rather about making it simple to use and simple to understand.
The article mentions Good, Visto and Intellisync as competitors, but also Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft want a piece of this pie.
"RIM barely scratches the surface. We don't need any of their customers," said Brian Bogosian, chief executive of Visto Corp
RIM rivals cash in as BlackBerry hearing looms - Yahoo! News
