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Oct 6 2009   6:59PM GMT

Will iPhone steal market share from BlackBerry?



Posted by: Raj Perumal
iPhone, BlackBerry, CAnada, Telus, Bell, Rogers, major carriers, Cell phones, smartphones, cellphones

Hi folks! As per my previous blog post, iPhone will soon be available at the major carriers across Canada. What does this mean to us?

Well obviously some might think this will foster competition but unfortunately the carriers haven’t been one to really compete with each other. They typically have prices that are in lock step with one another. One would almost think that they get together in the background and have meetings on setting their pricing the same. :)

No, I think the big thing here isn’t going to be a major shift in pricing, but a major shift in marketshare. What we will see is with the iPhone more readily available it will start to encroach on BlackBerry’s territory. Of Course the BlackBerry is still scene as the corporate smartphone leader but I think with this increased availability it will be hard for corporate types to resist taking a small peak at what else is out there.

-RP

Jan 23 2009   3:43PM GMT

BlackBerry Storm 9520 might be coming to Rogers



Posted by: Raj Perumal
BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm 9520, Rogers

So just before Christmas a nasty rumour went around that the BlackBerry Storm might be coming to Rogers. Not too long after that those rumours were squashed by Rogers.

You see the Storm that is out right now is a CDMA phone and Rogers is GSM. So all of us BlackBerry users up here in Canada are forced to go with Bell or Telus if we want a Storm. Many Rogers customers are waiting with baited breath for a GSM version of the Storm.

Well this month there have been leaked photographs of a Rogers BlackBerry Storm, called the BlackBerry Storm 9520. I don’t know if these images are fake or real but I sure hope they’re real! I know a lot of executives that would love to get their hands on these! You can check out the pictures here at this link.

 

-Cheers, RP