Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Apr 14, 2024 · Marguerita Cheng. BlackBerry Limited (BB), known as Research in Motion (RIM) until January 2013, has a long history of extreme success and failure. It’s credited by many as creating the first...

  2. Sep 30, 2016 · Success, as BlackBerry had a decade ago, breeds two interrelated negatives: conservatism and complacency.

  3. Oct 1, 2013 · BlackBerry (or Research in Motion as it was called until recently) was one of the best-known examples of a company run by co-CEOs – co-founders Jim Balsillie, pictured left, and Mike Lazaridis....

    • Danny Maiorca
    • Senior Author
    • Slow to Adapt. At its peak, BlackBerry's innovation kept us all on our feet. BBM revolutionized instant messaging, and its devices also helped speed up smartphones to what today are effectively portable mini-computers.
    • Losing Its Core Market. Another reason BlackBerry's fall from grace was so steep is that it didn't pay as much attention to the likes of BlackBerry-created phones for businesses.
    • The BlackBerry Operating System. Another key reason behind BlackBerry's failure was its loyalty to its operating system—despite some significant flaws.
  4. Jan 3, 2022 · As you can see, BlackBerry phones went from top of the smartphone heap to single digits in the blink of an eye, losing large swaths of market share as it got completely disrupted by Apple and...

  5. Jun 1, 2017 · The company established a competitive advantage based on product differentiation and saw BlackBerry become one of the most recognizable and valuable global brands. Unfortunately, the initial success could not be sustained once competitors, and particularly Apple, entered the smartphone market.

  6. People also ask

  7. The great untold story in Canada in the technology sector globally was how the maker of something that we loved so much and that we were so addicted to — the BlackBerry – could fail so quickly.

  1. People also search for