About this blog
I would not have ever though of myself as a 'blogger'.
I enjoy a number of things and believe that I have learned and grown in my experiences over the years so in the spirit of sharing, I thought a blog would be an interesting way to give my thoughts and views on all things I find interesting.
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RIMM – A Company on Life Support With No Hope
Posted on June 28, 2012 | 1 CommentThe biggest and most telling issue though was the announcement that they will be cutting a further 5,000 employees and that the new BB10 based devices are further delayed to 1Q 2013. This is the signal to finally take the company off life support and just let Canada mourn over yet another 'made in Canada' solution that could not make it in the end. -
RIM Finally Reacts – But is it Enough?
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsResearch in Motion today announced that Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two co-CEOs and co-Chair's on the board have resigned. A company insider, Thorsten Heins, who prior to joining RIM four years ago was with Siemens. -
RIM needs to take a page from Apple’s history – too bad they can’t
Posted on December 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe management of Research in Motion have pretty much driven their company into the ground. While RIM may have been the market leader two years ago in the smartphone market, the concept of 'what is a smartphone' has dramatically been altered by Apple and Google. -
Adobe Flash vs HTML5 – The War Comes to an End
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsAdobe took an abrupt about face today and announced that they are discontinuing the Flash player for mobile devices. -
Wow! What a Day! RIM still is vapourware, Apple has astounding 4th Quarter and Ice Cream Sandwich Fails to Impress
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat an incredible day today! On one day, we had three major updates from three of the players in the smartphone space. -
Amazon Launches Fire
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsThere has been much speculation that the new tablet from Amazon would be the first to successfully pose any serious threat or competition to Apple's iPad. -
RIM Falls Yet Again – Three Quarters in a row
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsResearch in Motion has yet again failed to meet investor or analyst expectations with their second quarterly results which was announced after trading hours yesterday, September 15th. -
Blackberry Playbook – First Impression
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsI had the opportunity to actually see and hold the upcoming Blackberry Playbook today. In our meeting with Research in Motion, we were initially cautioned that the device is still considered 'BETA' and that the OS has not yet had all the final features or bugs worked out.