Blackberry Takes On iPhone 4
June 16th, 2010 | by Mobile Data Group |Black Berry maker Research In Motion is reportedly turning to touchscreens to take out Apple’s new iPhone 4. RIM is still the smartphone market leader however, Apple’s iPhone and Android-based devices are climbing the ladder fast. RIM is also reportedly working on a tablet computer that could be released by the end of the year. RIM is behind in mobile apps.
Marshalling its forces to respond to the iPhone threat, Canadian smartphone giant Research In Motion is reportedly gearing up to release new devices that feature touchscreens, which Apple’s iPhone has, and a slide-out keyboard, which it doesn’t.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited those statistics in the new iPhone 4 reveal at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference last week.
“RIM should be paranoid about losing out to Apple,” says Gerry Purdy, principal analyst at MobilTrax. “They need to step up to the plate and offer a lot more than they have to date.”
On Tuesday the Wall Street Journal reported that RIM is working on an iPhone-like device that allows users to move through different applications by swiping fingers on the touchscreen. The device also has a universal search bar that can access both the Internet and the phone Relevant Products/Services’s memory for data Relevant Products/Services, unnamed sources said.
The BlackBerry Storm is currently RIM’s only device to feature a touchscreen.