'Notions of BlackBerry's Demise are Completely Unfounded,' Says visiongain's Latest Report.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden & LONDON -- The wireless email Wireless Email or Push E-mail for enterprises is an email solution for small handheld platforms that is secure and managed centrally by enterprise server. Wireless technology adoption has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. market is about to come of age and RIM's BlackBerry blackberry, name for several species of thorny plants of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble. blackberry handheld remains the device to beat. This is the finding from a new study, "The BlackBerry: Still No 1 as wireless email market reaches inflection point Inflection Point An event that changes the way we think and act. -Andy Grove, Founder of Intel. Notes: For example, the fall of the Berlin Wall was an inflection point in global politics and the commercialization of the Internet was an inflection point in technology. ", published by industry research company visiongain. RIM's BlackBerry remains the dominant wireless e-mail solution and the BlackBerry brand has become a by-word for wireless e-mail in general. RIM added 620,000 BlackBerry subscribers in its fiscal Q2 2005, putting it on course to surpass the 4 million users mark by the end of 2005, by which time the BlackBerry will be available from 200 mobile operators in over 40 countries. "Beginning with a prescient pre·scient adj. 1. Of or relating to prescience. 2. Possessing prescience. [French, from Old French, from Latin praesci logic that defined an enterprise need before it materialised, RIM has successfully and consistently adapted both hardware and software ahead of market-shaping forces, and a clear focus," comments report author Pam Duffey. "We think there are new uses for BlackBerry in customised - and converged - applications." After several years of false hope, wireless email is finally set for more significant market traction. The potential of wireless e-mail remains largely untapped, resulting in a number of companies that have emerged to take the BlackBerry head on. Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Microsoft are among those to have made announcements recently of products and services directed squarely square·ly adv. 1. Mathematics At right angles: sawed the beam squarely. 2. In a square shape. 3. at toppling RIM. Despite its current legal difficulties and intensifying in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: competition, RIM remains best positioned for further success if it identifies and embraces the opportunities that exist. This latest report from visiongain analyses RIM's end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. , compared to offerings from Good Technology, Seven, Visto and others. Notes for Editors If you are interested in a more detailed overview of this report, please send an e-mail to Sara Peerun sara.peerun@visiongain.com or phone her on 020 8767 6711 or see www.visiongainintelligence.com About visiongain Visiongain is one of the fastest growing and most innovative independent media companies in Europe. Based in London, UK, visiongain produces a host of business-2-business conferences, newsletters, management reports and e-zines focusing on the Telecoms, Pharmaceutical and Defence sectors. Visiongain publishes reports produced by its in-house analysts, who are qualified experts in their field. Visiongain has firmly established itself as the first port-of-call for the business professional, who needs independent, high quality, original material to rely and depend on. For more information on visiongain, please visit the website: www.visiongain.com or www.visiongainintelligence.com |
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