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Originally Posted by yagiz
That's part of my point... I guess, at some stage in such a discussion, we'll get stuck because of "lies, damn lies, stats" however I think the phone usage is more appropriate as a measure of success.
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That would be fair enough, but to blindly equate browser traffic to phone usage is not even something that apple's own pr dept would even try to claim.
Usage patterns vary and trying to write off the parts that don't suit your argument, the strengths and weaknesses of the various devices are different, but that doesn't invalidate things since a smartphone is a multifunction device not simply a mobile browser.
Mind you, if somebody wanted to be malicious, you could easily claim that web traffic was higher on the iphone because they had to logon to websites to read mms until recently or maybe if they were in new york they were simply unable to complete a call properly and decided to do something else with their phone.
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So, my criticism towards RIM was from this point of view. I just can't believe that RIM is not taking this seriously or they're snubbing the growth and the potential of the non-enterprise market. It's just strange...
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It would be strange if it was in the slightest bit true, if you look at what they are doing then you would see that while they are not ignoring the enterprise market with new releases, they are also taking steps to improve features that appeal to consumers as well e.g. the new version of their IM came out yesterday, things like their appstore and social networking clients are all updated regularly and obviously the various browser-related announcements lately show that they know where they need to improve that.
What I find strange is why some people seem so eager to declare RIM RIP, they have come up against bigger competition in the past and have still survived, not to mention the obvious fact that the more competition in the market the better for us as customers.