Comments on: RIM hit with $147.2 million patent verdict http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1478744 Jerril Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1478744  Another approach would have been to embrace their descent into a niche market, stop trying to chase targets outside that niche, and just really OWN their segment. Less glorious, but more still-in-business-making-money, and a bit more dignified. But either route would require admitting that they can't actually do everything by themselves, which tastes bitter to some people.  Another approach would have been to embrace their descent into a niche market, stop trying to chase targets outside that niche, and just really OWN their segment. Less glorious, but more still-in-business-making-money, and a bit more dignified.

But either route would require admitting that they can’t actually do everything by themselves, which tastes bitter to some people.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1478513 teapot Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1478513 Blackberry (Please, BB is Boing Boing) should have just taken a hit to their pride and started allowing installation of Android's apk executables when they started losing ground to the pace of Android uptake over the last few years. They're just simply java and could've been run *FOR SURE*. The security aspect of Blackberry is what made them popular but their lack of enticing and useful apps is what is killing them. The high-end Blackberry devices are actually quite competitively spec'd but without anything exciting to play with people are wanting more and so even those with Blackberry phones for business likely have an iphone or android device as their personal phone. Blackberry (Please, BB is Boing Boing) should have just taken a hit to their pride and started allowing installation of Android’s apk executables when they started losing ground to the pace of Android uptake over the last few years. They’re just simply java and could’ve been run *FOR SURE*. The security aspect of Blackberry is what made them popular but their lack of enticing and useful apps is what is killing them.

The high-end Blackberry devices are actually quite competitively spec’d but without anything exciting to play with people are wanting more and so even those with Blackberry phones for business likely have an iphone or android device as their personal phone.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1478067 Halloween_Jack Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1478067  Sad, but true. Like Palm, they had an almost unbeatable toehold on the mobile devices market, but ceded it to Apple while they rested on their laurels. If they'd captured and kept hold of the smartphone market, they could have paid these guys out of petty cash.  Sad, but true. Like Palm, they had an almost unbeatable toehold on the mobile devices market, but ceded it to Apple while they rested on their laurels. If they’d captured and kept hold of the smartphone market, they could have paid these guys out of petty cash.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477973 elix Sun, 15 Jul 2012 07:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477973 The patent trolls are stocked to the gills with nothing but lawyers itching for a court battle (to both win a settlement and collect billable hours). And they don't typically have websites to DDOS. Anonymous may be a collective with no organized goals or leaders, but it isn't completely stupid. The patent trolls are stocked to the gills with nothing but lawyers itching for a court battle (to both win a settlement and collect billable hours). And they don’t typically have websites to DDOS.

Anonymous may be a collective with no organized goals or leaders, but it isn’t completely stupid.

]]> By: failquail http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477916 failquail Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477916  Indeed No matter how badly the company is doing otherwise, none deserve to be brought down by patent trolls abusing the ludicrous software IP laws in the US...  Indeed

No matter how badly the company is doing otherwise, none deserve to be brought down by patent trolls abusing the ludicrous software IP laws in the US…

]]> By: thezarray http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477852 thezarray Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477852  Oh that's funny because my BB just had a software implosion (crashing up booting up! and refusing to talk to the computer!) and the carcass didn't survive the one way trip to the floor.  Oh that’s funny because my BB just had a software implosion (crashing up booting up! and refusing to talk to the computer!) and the carcass didn’t survive the one way trip to the floor.

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477845 anansi133 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477845 When I hear the term "Death Spiral" I think of thousands of army ants that  have somehow gotten turned around to following their own column. With no cognitive process to recognize what's happening, they continue to march in circles that get tighter and tighter as everyone dies. I like to imagine the last to go is the queen at the very center. When I hear the term “Death Spiral” I think of thousands of army ants that  have somehow gotten turned around to following their own column. With no cognitive process to recognize what’s happening, they continue to march in circles that get tighter and tighter as everyone dies. I like to imagine the last to go is the queen at the very center.

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477815 foobar Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477815 Mine survives an angry toss into an oaken door by, you know, my not doing that. Mine survives an angry toss into an oaken door by, you know, my not doing that.

]]> By: Ryan Griffin http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477791 Ryan Griffin Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477791 I've had both blackberrys and droids.  I use the 'door' test. If the phone survives an angry toss across the room into an oak door, it's a winner. Droids implode if you drop them into a bowl of pudding. Blackberrys can kill an elephant with enough velocity. I for one, will be sad to see them go.  I’ve had both blackberrys and droids.  I use the ‘door’ test. If the phone survives an angry toss across the room into an oak door, it’s a winner. Droids implode if you drop them into a bowl of pudding. Blackberrys can kill an elephant with enough velocity. I for one, will be sad to see them go. 

]]> By: Sasha Shepherd http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477774 Sasha Shepherd Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477774 If Anonymous wants to do something useful, why don't they unload on all these patent troll/patent aggressor assholes? If Anonymous wants to do something useful, why don’t they unload on all these patent troll/patent aggressor assholes?

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477630 Wreckrob8 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477630 That''s the same as the motoring term 'drove into a wall', yes? That”s the same as the motoring term ‘drove into a wall’, yes?

]]> By: Saul Tannenbaum http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477625 Saul Tannenbaum Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477625 I think a better aeronautical term would be "controlled flight into terrain". That doesn't mean "safe landing", it means  an accident where an airworthy plane, under control of a pilot, is unwittingly flown into the ground or an obstacle. I think a better aeronautical term would be “controlled flight into terrain”. That doesn’t mean “safe landing”, it means  an accident where an airworthy plane, under control of a pilot, is unwittingly flown into the ground or an obstacle.

]]> By: Sean Breakey http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477606 Sean Breakey Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477606 I guess they technically aren't lying.  They're in the Death Spiral because of a complete lack of innovation and a tablet that was so bad that it was quite possibly the first time every hardware reviewer has agreed, not patent litigation. They had one good idea 10 years ago. I guess they technically aren’t lying.  They’re in the Death Spiral because of a complete lack of innovation and a tablet that was so bad that it was quite possibly the first time every hardware reviewer has agreed, not patent litigation.

They had one good idea 10 years ago.

]]> By: John Arnold http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477595 John Arnold Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477595 I like the word "plummet". I like the word “plummet”.

]]> By: Assad http://boingboing.net/2012/07/14/rim-hit-with-147-2-million-pa.html#comment-1477586 Assad Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171219#comment-1477586 Oh please, it's an IP case. This isn't RIM's fault, this is the dumbest of patent systems. Americans are creating their own tech recession with this garbage. Oh please, it’s an IP case. This isn’t RIM’s fault, this is the dumbest of patent systems. Americans are creating their own tech recession with this garbage.

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