Apple vs RIM
According to IDC, RIM has surged ahead while Apple has lost some of its market share. On the face of it, this looks like a comeback from RIM, but there are other factors that explain this. RIM has been in the SmartPhone business for some ten years. In that time, they perfected the push email technology, created the handheld devices that used the technology, popularized the QWERTY keyboard, and also convinced users that this is what smartphones were supposed to be. No less (well, maybe at times) and certainly no more. Apple has taken exactly one year (still a few days to go, actually) to Read More...