Microsoft acquires RIM? It’s a bad idea, says analyst
Posted on February 12, 2010 by Budi Putra in Business
Kara Swisher wondering: Microsoft’s new mobile phone software is coming and its Project Pink –the multimedia touchscreen device project– is still undergoing, why should they buy RIM? “…in fact, many sources at Microsoft have told me that CEO Steve Ballmer has expressed interest in buying RIM many times.”
But Kara is not alone. Mark McKechnie, an analyst with Broadpoint AmTech also says the same thing.
“We think RIMM would try and block a deal and that an acquisition would likely have to be hostile for it to occur.” In addition, “RIMM’s OS could be difficult to port over to a full Windows environment, thus proving a weaker ‘end game’ for Microsoft.” A deal with RIM could also eclipse any previous Microsoft acquisition in terms of cost, which could prove prohibitive.
Both RIM and Microsoft saw their market share in the mobile arena decline by 1 point between September and December 2009, according to statistics watcher ComScore, leaving RIM with a 41.6 percent share and Microsoft with 18 percent. Meanwhile, both Google and Apple enjoyed incremental gains.
Google’s Nexus One Enterprise version to challenge Blackberry?
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Budi Putra in Business
Indeed, it’s the next logical step for Google to win the smartphone war: eyeing the enterprise market that’s still dominated by RIM’s BlackBerry. But it seems not easy for Google to be the mobile player, since the Internet giant is facing Nexus One customer complaints regarding the device’s poor 3G performance.
Last Friday at CES, Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin has indicated that the next version of the Nexus One “Superphone” will be an enterprise edition for business users. The phone it self will probably have a longer battery life and also a better physical keyboard.
Rubin have been very secretive about this matter though, as he won’t tell us anything about the other details like the release date, what version of Android will it be running, etc. He only said that, The Nexus One is the first in a series, or “program”, which could include some other new devices, including the enterprise edition of the Nexus One.
