Two days ago, Research in Motion (RIM) finally pulled back the curtain on its latest operating system, BlackBerry 10 and its developer hardware. It was to be the day that RIM would rebound from all the mistakes and missteps they’ve made over the past five years since the release of the iPhone and Android. Depending on who you ask, it was either a great showing or a lackluster event. Several tech sites, us included, felt that while some of the new features in BB10 were nice, it was a case of too little, too late.
Fast forward two days and now all eyes are on Samsung and their next big thing, the Galaxy S III. Whether you’re a fan of the new design or not, the new smartphone has some great specs, new technology (facial recognition with eye tracking) and puts the BB10 to shame. To make matters worse, the phone will be out by the end of this month in Europe, with a U.S. release to follow in June. RIM’s BB10 won’t ship until October, around the same time as the next iPhone, which is rumored to have a new re-design with a 4-inch display and LTE. Which unless a disaster happen, will likely break sales records and over shadow RIM’s BB10 release.
Tech fans aren’t the only ones taking note of RIM and BB10, today, after Samsung’s event RIM’s stock fell to an 8-year low. Losing almost 15% of its value over the last three days, investors are also taking note and are dumping stock left and right. We have 6 months to go, before RIM has any BB10 devices on the market, in the tech world, that’s an eternity, will RIM survive that long…