Once Dominant, BlackBerry is Looking for Survival Today
Like countless gee-whiz companies that captured and lost imaginations and dollars, BlackBerry, a giant of the pre-iPhone era, has faded with remarkable speed. After enduring years of dwindling sales, the company said on Monday that it was exploring “strategic options” — business code for searching for a savior. For the moment, few seem to want to buy BlackBerry or, for that matter, its newest products. Unless a suitor emerges, BlackBerry risks joining the ranks of technology has-beens like Palm, Gateway and Commodore. We are living in an era of smart phone. My advise for Blackberry is to get smart if they want to remain in this business. That is what Samsung is doing today, Samsung is taking advantage of the phone industry today through their smart innovating ideas. If they can do it, I think blackberry can do it as well. Four years ago, BlackBerry had 51 percent of the North American smartphone market, according to the research firm Gartner. And Mike Lazaridis, BlackBerry’s c...