He did say 2010.. so let's look at 2010: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-16/rim-beats-revenue-profit-estimates-as-sales-of-blackberry-devices-climb.html h

He did say 2010.. so let's look at 2010: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-16/rim-beats-revenue-profit-estimates-as-sales-of-blackberry-devices-climb.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-16/rim-beats-revenue-p... Q3 2010: 40% revenue growth to $5.5B Their share declined from #1 (20% marketshare) to #2 (15% behind apple at 17%) Fast forward a bit: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2626010/smartphones/rim-posts-revenue-gains-on-blackberry-sales.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/2626010/smartphones/rim-pos... Q2 2011: 12 million units sold, more than apple (8.4m) and nearly as many as all android units combined (14.7m) Blackberry didn't die the moment the iphone was announced. They were in the fight for several years, and it wasn't entirely clear they would lose. At the end of 2010, they still had a $30B market cap: http://ycharts.com/companies/BBRY/market_cap http://ycharts.com/companies/BBRY/market_cap