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Employee Moans About Crackberry Connectivity, IT Director Retaliates

Rico Mossesgeld — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:17:01 +0000

Poor Mikey! First he blogs about his company furnishing a Blackberry to his department’s managers—a distinction that amazingly includes him:

Courtesy Wikipedia

you do NOT understand the ramifications of being issued a BlackBerry. Among other things, if you have one, your boss can Email, IM, call or SMS you 24/7 and expect you to reply. This wasn’t the case for me prior to being issued one as I always had the “I’m sorry I wasn’t able to call you back. My phone went dead” excuse and the “I’m sorry I wasn’t able to email you back, my DSL got cut today. You see, I was thrown in jail last night for drunk driving–whether or not I’m guilty is for the court to decide–and I used the money I’m supposed to pay my monthly DSL subscription with to post bail.” excuse.

Uh yeah, that’s Mikey for you, always sharing too much information without leaving out the occasional profanity or embarrassing self-deprecating revelation. In any case, the IT director of his company got wind of his sentiments and probably tattle-taled to the CEO, sharing a link to Mikey’s blog post through this email:

Can we please ensure we assign Mikey a primary and secondary BlackBerry? Did we already assign him a notebook with WWAN access? If not, let’s make sure gets one. Did we provide him with DSL access as well? Let’s make sure we have 24[-hour] access on this one.

Poor poor Mikey! Anyways, can I have your second Blackberry?

Crackberry: The irresistable force paradox

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A Great Summary of the RIM-NTP Legal Battle

Rico Mossesgeld — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00:04 +0000

It’s almost three years to the day when Everyone Sick of BlackBerry Patent Battle was published. Yet it still provides a great summary of one the more high-profile legal and technological cases in recent history:

Three years ago [2002], a jury decided against the maker of the wireless e-mail device, Research In Motion Ltd., but Spencer held off on an injunction that threatened to shut down BlackBerry service in this country. Now the suit — along with its 40-page docket — is back in his courtroom after a round of appeals.

This time, the judge is clearly running low on patience.

Turns out NTP, painted as a patent troll for suing RIM, even though it did not contribute to the BlackBerry’s success, was somewhat undeserved. Read the full article to see why.

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RIM Actually Growing Market Share Since iPhone Release

Rico Mossesgeld — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:30:25 +0000

For the US smartphone market, ChangeWave research has compiled some detailed, yet ultimately not surprising, data. The iPhone has reached the 11% mark. RIM, out of apparent desperation, has worked hard to push its Blackberries over the past year. Its share is now up to 42%.

The biggest loser according to ChangeWave is Palm. The former juggernaut enjoyed a significant 36% back in 2006. All that remains of that is a weak 14%, just 3 points above a new player that has been on the market for only a year:

“The real losers in this smart phone battle will most likely be the second-tier players, who could find themselves increasingly pushed to the sidelines as the two Goliaths battle for market dominance,” says Tobin Smith, founder of ChangeWave Research and editor of ChangeWave Investing. That couldn’t be a reference to Palm, could it?

Looks like the Centro’s sales aren’t helping at all. (intomobile.com)

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