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Wouldn't that give RIM an even smaller market share? They've already been working with Android and Android apps. They should just go full Android and focus on e

Wouldn't that give RIM an even smaller market share? They've already been working with Android and Android apps. They should just go full Android and focus on enterprise apps and services to differentiate.

recoiledsnake 15y ago
>They should just go full Android and focus on enterprise apps and services to differentiate. What enterprise apps and services will make their version of Android a must-have for enterprises that is worth 10/mo per device? Fighting with Android OEMs for marketshare will erode their margins in a cut throat market. Just see how HTC is struggling now. Not to mention no one knows how Google buying Motorola is going to mean for Android OEMs. Atleast with MS's history, there is no danger of that.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  And what exactly will fighting over 1 million devices per month with Samsung, HTC, Nokia and a few others accomplish, especially when they all have to use the exact same UI and almost the exact same hardware? That sounds like an even higher commoditization level to me, and it's not even in a big market - it's in a tiny one. Nokia has already cut the price of the Lumia 710 by $100 a month after it started selling in US. And besides it's not like WP phones can live in their own bubble. They have to compete with Android phones, too, and they usually have lower specs than Android alternatives at the same price level.
  - cooldeal 15y ago
    >And what exactly will fighting over 1 million devices per month with Samsung, HTC, Nokia and a few others accomplish The point is to fight for the entire smartphone share. >Nokia has already cut the price of the Lumia 710 by $100 a month after it started selling in US Really? Then why is it the same here? http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=Nokia-Lumia-710-White http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?c... Not to mention that it hasn't been been a fortnight since they started selling it.

recoiledsnake 15y ago

>They should just go full Android and focus on enterprise apps and services to differentiate. What enterprise apps and services will make their version of Android a must-have for enterprises that is worth 10/mo per device? Fighting with Android OEMs for marketshare will erode their margins in a cut throat market. Just see how HTC is struggling now. Not to mention no one knows how Google buying Motorola is going to mean for Android OEMs. Atleast with MS's history, there is no danger of that.

nextparadigms 15y ago
And what exactly will fighting over 1 million devices per month with Samsung, HTC, Nokia and a few others accomplish, especially when they all have to use the exact same UI and almost the exact same hardware? That sounds like an even higher commoditization level to me, and it's not even in a big market - it's in a tiny one. Nokia has already cut the price of the Lumia 710 by $100 a month after it started selling in US. And besides it's not like WP phones can live in their own bubble. They have to compete with Android phones, too, and they usually have lower specs than Android alternatives at the same price level.
- cooldeal 15y ago
  >And what exactly will fighting over 1 million devices per month with Samsung, HTC, Nokia and a few others accomplish The point is to fight for the entire smartphone share. >Nokia has already cut the price of the Lumia 710 by $100 a month after it started selling in US Really? Then why is it the same here? http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=Nokia-Lumia-710-White http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?c... Not to mention that it hasn't been been a fortnight since they started selling it.