{"id":12231,"date":"2012-07-13T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T19:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=12231"},"modified":"2012-07-13T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T19:37:06","slug":"rim-and-the-blackberry-dying-bb10-not-sweet-enough-for-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/rim-and-the-blackberry-dying-bb10-not-sweet-enough-for-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"RIM And The BlackBerry Dying, BB10 Not Sweet Enough For Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RIM (Research in Motion) is dying. That\u2019s been evident since the release of the iPhone by Apple all the way back in 2007. Instead of immediately going to work on a new platform to compete with the iOS enemy, RIM insisted physical keyboards were the way to go and that touchscreens were a fad. Even when RIM finally released a touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm with SurePress was a dud. And RIM quickly bled market share.<\/p>\n
When RIM bought QNX, an integrated OS used for products from cars to industrial machinery, I thought maybe the company had a chance to revitalize itself, begin anew. Even when the Playbook launched without a dedicated email client or BBM, the hallmark features of any BlackBerry, I thought RIM could get back into the market before Microsoft took the number three spot in the mobile OS wars.<\/p>\n
Now, RIM has delayed its new platform, BB10, from the second half of 2012 to the first half of 2013. This time delay gives Google, Apple, and Microsoft the time and ability to innovate further and continue to rob RIM of mind and market share. Android Jellybean (4.1), iOS 6.0, and Windows Phone 8 smartphones will have saturated the market by the time the first BB10 devices launch.<\/p>\n