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I think if RIM was an Asian-based company, that might hold true. RIM's culture is tied to North America. Developers for their platform are mostly in North Ameri
by tomkin 15y ago
I think if RIM was an Asian-based company, that might hold true. RIM's culture is tied to North America. Developers for their platform are mostly in North America/Europe. When there's no apps, there's no users - eventually.
- edwinnathaniel 15y agoYou may be right when it comes to the lack of apps. But let me share a story about that particular topic: In Indonesia, people aren't rushing to iPhone or Android because they don't care apps. They'll use whatever that comes with the phone and most local distributors are smart enough to package them with common apps such as Twitter and Facebook. Most websites in Indonesia support BB and develop apps for BB because they know BB is king there. Once BB is done, they'll move to a generic Android based smartphone that will definitely have a few common apps: 1) Mail Reader 2) Browser 3) Facebook 4) Twitter 5) Whatsapp Done. The people who installed other apps are the very very very tiny minority.