Comments on: iPhone versus Blackberry: Horse race or Deathmatch? http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: alex http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-1709475 alex Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:52:58 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-1709475 Technology is usually easier to fix than sales channels. RIM should need a more modern OS anyway, so in the mid-term, I would think that RIM will fix their weak points in software. Apple is clearly testing the waters with small enterprises, if you look at their integrated server-laptop-iPhone offering. So I would expect them to fix the technical shortcomings listed above, maybe even earlier than RIM due to Apple's modern underpinnings. However, Apple may risk the huge investments necessary to build full blown channels to large enterprise IT only if and when their foray into small enterprises works out well. And then it still takes years to do so, even if you have bootloads of cash. Also Apple's "corporate DNA" is about getting end-users hooked up and "addicted", not corporate IT departments with their often less-than-user-centric requirements. Therefore I believe that RIM will keep its lead in the enterprise sector for years to come. This is about 1/3 of the global smartphone market, so overall Apple has an opportunity to take the lead over RIM. Technology is usually easier to fix than sales channels.

RIM should need a more modern OS anyway, so in the mid-term, I would think that RIM will fix their weak points in software.
Apple is clearly testing the waters with small enterprises, if you look at their integrated server-laptop-iPhone offering. So I would expect them to fix the technical shortcomings listed above, maybe even earlier than RIM due to Apple’s modern underpinnings.

However, Apple may risk the huge investments necessary to build full blown channels to large enterprise IT only if and when their foray into small enterprises works out well. And then it still takes years to do so, even if you have bootloads of cash.
Also Apple’s “corporate DNA” is about getting end-users hooked up and “addicted”, not corporate IT departments with their often less-than-user-centric requirements.

Therefore I believe that RIM will keep its lead in the enterprise sector for years to come. This is about 1/3 of the global smartphone market, so overall Apple has an opportunity to take the lead over RIM.

]]> By: Stuart Henshall http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/comment-page-1/#comment-1667262 Stuart Henshall Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:07:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-1667262 Given the underpinnings of RIM's platform can it even do it? Separately... Apple is winning with just one device rather than many variation which all need special treatment. Apple also has a backwards compatibility advantage at the moment. Given the underpinnings of RIM’s platform can it even do it? Separately… Apple is winning with just one device rather than many variation which all need special treatment. Apple also has a backwards compatibility advantage at the moment.

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