So RIM has a six point lead in Canada and lost six points in the last quarter. At this rate, RIM's "dominance" (why are you using that word at all here?) in Canada won't survive the year.
But Canada's just a tiny slice of the global market. RIMs been staying afloat by pushing into developing countries to offset losses in developed ones. But Android phones keep getting cheaper, and Apple keeps signing agreements with more carriers. RIM will lose ground in their new markets just as they did in the old, because its basically the same products fighting it out. This image tells you everything you need to know about how the smartphone market is trending:
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It's not too late for RIM. They have the resources to possibly turn this ship around. They just need a really clever idea or two and some really competent execution. But tell me, has anything that RIM has done in the past three years looked like a really clever idea that was competently executed? The first step is admitting they have a problem, and I'm not sure RIM's leadership has actually done that yet.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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