http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/06/22/motion-smartphones-rim-blackberry/ Investment News Provider Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/06/22/motion-smartphones-rim-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-26865 Research In Motion Shares Nosedive After Missed Sales, Earnings Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:01:16 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=7778#comment-26865 [...] June, RIM held a commanding market share lead over Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone – it’s closest competitor in the United [...] [...] June, RIM held a commanding market share lead over Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone – it’s closest competitor in the United [...]

]]> http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/06/22/motion-smartphones-rim-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-23520 Richard Pierce Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:02:10 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=7778#comment-23520 This all reminds me of an old (c. 20 years ago) piece of computer-world wisdom: "The money is in the iron, but the sell is in the software". That may have been driven then, and is being driven now, by the relative lack of software to match the hardware's capabilities. Note the ramping up of the smartphone software creation and marketing efforts by several of the companies involved. This all reminds me of an old (c. 20 years ago) piece of computer-world wisdom: “The money is in the iron, but the sell is in the software”. That may have been driven then, and is being driven now, by the relative lack of software to match the hardware’s capabilities. Note the ramping up of the smartphone software creation and marketing efforts by several of the companies involved.

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