Arguably there's no signal now. In my house it doesn't work. In my mom's house it doesn't work. In my in-laws house it doesn't work. So I don't think it's worth worrying about one way or the other. |
As a one-shot deal; this frees RIM to go back to its business without any further complications. |
Being distracted can be devastating. |
Given their problem with the Palm OS and Access, they have to do something. It would be better if they could do something more quickly. But it's a win for Palm and for RIM. |
The settlement is a win-win deal, though it is very painful for RIM, and it proves that our patent system is completely broken. NTP gets $612 million for coming up with a fairly obvious idea, patenting it and suing a company too arrogant to settle early on. |
They would rather get you as a customer than potentially get download revenue. |
They're damned if they do launch a bunch of new phones, and they're damned if they don't. |
This is something Yahoo has been trying to do for a long time: broaden its online presence into the mobile tier. |
You now have a very nice, seamless e-mail experience with BlackBerry. If you want to do just voice and e-mail, it's hard to beat a BlackBerry. |