F. J. Taylor

Does RIM See The Gap in iPhone’s Defenses?

Don't know what this author has been smoking - maybe too much Crackberry weed...

I loved Verizon too, and had been with them since the Airtouch days. I would have stayed with them if they had the iPhone. However, I recently switched to AT&T to get my iPhone, and guess what? The service is fine - and I live in a remote coastal / rural area, where my Verizon service is spotty. I also bought my daughter one (she is in Arcata, CA, an area even more notorious for poor reception!), and it works just fine. My son was the first to get one in our family, so no need to get him one! And both switched to Macs after years as Windows users, as has my brother [who also has just switched from Verizon and gotten an iPhone], so we are just one big happy Mac family now! When my wife's contract runs out, I am getting her one - she can't wait!

As to the Storm - even my Crackberry addict pals think they sucked, and still do. In fact, some switched to iPhone in frustration - and are glad they did!

As to enterprise - iPhones (and Macs) are gaining by leaps and bounds, because the people in the firms - from office boys to CEOs - are getting them, and the big boys are pushing their tech to support them. My brother is an executive in one such firm, Carhartt industrial clothing, an old and respected national brand still in the same family - and their tech now supports iPhones. He is very happy with his iPhone and service.

The idea that BB's rather weak launch of the aptly named Storm (an obvious iPhone clone attempt) and an equally lame apps store (ditto), are, like most copy-cat ideas (such as the other iPhone and earlier iPod "killers"), just poor imitations of the real thing - and will likely go about as far as the Zune and other junk.

While BB was a great phone in its day, that day is over. I don't think they (or Palm) have what it takes to catch up, let alone supplant, the iPhone - and even if they do catch up, by then Apple will have released another wonder.

I am not sure where the author is getting these ideas, or coming from (unless deliberately trying to manipulate the stocks in question), but she is obviously not in touch with the real world.

(For the record, I am not only a very happy Apple product user, but am long on Apple - because I like, use and believe in their products and company, and think they have one of the best marketing programs and brand recognition in the entire industry.)