Microsoft Purchase of RIM Nice to Consider, but Unlikely
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Rumored acquisition could benefit both companies, but according to analysts RIM's high price tag means the rumors are likely just that.
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Now head to head with Microsoft After dominating the enterprise mobile email space with the BlackBerry solution for so many years, RIM is no longer the only serious game in town. Despite a number of false starts, arch-rival Microsoft now appears to have closed the gap, at least in terms of forward looking commitment.â¦
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Rumors that Microsoft Corp. may purchase BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are likely just that because ...
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For subscription services such as Napster and RealRhapsody, the entrance of Microsoft into its business space might have the same &quot;Oh no!
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An iPod for Bill Gates? Why not?
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Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) today introduced the innovative new BlackBerry 7100v(TM) for mobile professionals, further expanding choice for Vodafone&#39;s BlackBerry(R) customers.
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That's the question that occurs to me as I read this piece in Roughly Drafted. It's about how Apple is kicking Microsoft's butt at the high end of the desktop market, and how Microsoft seems to be bumbling its way out of desktop hegemony anyway. Linux is mentioned only twice in this long piece, but the harbingery of the references are significant. Here's the enclosing quote: Combined with the dominance of the iPod over devices using Microsoft's PlaysForSure, the imminent goring of Windows Mobile by the iPhone, and the shift of support across the industry from Windows to Linux in servers, the days of Microsoft's monopolistic grip on the desktop are winding down.  Apple doesn't have to take a majority share of the desktop market to win, it only needs to take the most valuable segments of the market.  Once that happens, Microsoft will be forced to choose whether it wants to battle Mac OS X for control of the slick consumer desktop, or repurpose Windows as a cheaper, mass market alternative to Linux in corporate sales.  And, at some point, consumer sales as well.
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Microsoft's potential acquisition of Yahoo has many pitfalls but also some benefits, and such a huge deal will be hard to pull off, analysts say.
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Microsoft has released a new SKU for its Xbox 360 console--but should you buy it?
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With its recent acquisition, the software maker may have found something its customers are looking for.
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Blog: After making several appearances on Apple's behalf over the last year, the bland bluesman is now stumping for RIM's BlackBerry Curve.
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Will Microsoft feel the heat from a tiny monster?
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You might buy a Mac to get away from Microsoft, but it can be hard to avoid Windows.
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I take it all back Confessions of an analyst A couple of months, I committed the cardinal sin of criticising a mobile device without actually having used one. When I posted my initial reaction to the BlackBerry 8100 âPearlâ here, I was bothered by the thought that RIM had sold out its loyal business users by bowing to the pressure of the consumer market and cluttering the most effective mobile email product line available today with a gimmicky track-ball and trivialities such as a camera and media player.â¦
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roundup Plus: Good Technology supported by HP, Samsung...RIM touts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi...HP to sell Voltaire's InfiniBand switch.
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Believe it or not, Microsoft isn't really serious in its bid to buy Yahoo, according to one financial analyst, who says the proposal is really just a ploy to fend off a potential deal between Yahoo and Amazon. Could he possibly be right? Probably not.
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Some observers are concerned that Acer is paying too much for Gateway, and some say the deal doesn't add much to Acer's arsenal except size.