"I screwed up," he said.
Instead of going through the painstaking process of deleting the duplicated entries, Goldberg, president of Pulse Microsystems Ltd., a
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Analysts speculate that Apple could make the iPhone compatible with
The iPhone has been a resounding success by any measure. Apple has sold 4 million of the devices and captured 28% of the U.S. smartphone market, according to Canalys, a U.K.-based technology-market-research firm. RIM has a 41% share, according to Canalys, but it dominates the corporate market. According to ChangeWave, a Rockville, Md. investment-research firm, RIM has a 73% share of the corporate market, while Apple has a 5% share.
To attract corporate users, Apple will, at a minimum, need to match the security that RIM provides BlackBerry subscribers, Gartner's
To compete effectively with BlackBerry, Apple will also need to add over-the- air synchronization, analysts said. BlackBerry users can change the contact list or calendar on their devices and the changes will be reflected automatically on the user's desktop. This feature isn't available to iPhone users.
Another key difference that works in RIM's favor is the keyboard. IPhone users must type emails on the iPhone's touch screen, while BlackBerry users type emails on a Qwerty keyboard. While the touch screen has won many converts in the consumer market, corporate users use email frequently and prefer the Qwerty- keyboard experience, said
RIM's edge extends beyond design and functionality. Its network of carrier relationships is much larger than Apple's, which is only sold by AT&T Corp. (T) in the U.S. This gives RIM a far larger addressable market and offers corporate users flexibility to change carriers if they choose. "If you're going to go after enterprises, you're going to have to be available under multiple carriers, " Gold said.
Company Web Site: http://www.rim.com
-Stuart Weinberg , Dow Jones Newswires; 416-306-2026;
stuart.weinberg@dowjones.com
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