Friday, January 10, 2003
Handspring and RIM getting together?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 01:00 PM
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-980085.html?tag=fd_top
"The Toronto Star on Friday quoted Handspring President Ed Colligan as saying that it was logical for his company's Treo handheld and other competing wireless devices to use e-mail software developed by RIM, which is best known for its BlackBerry two-way e-mail device. As companies that make personal digital assistants add more wireless features to their equipment they will want proven technology, such as RIM's, to handle wireless e-mail, he told the newspaper."
Sort of makes me wonder if this is a first step to a merger. Neither are doing that well. RIM is a media darling, but the truth is, HP sells more iPAQs in 6 months than RIM has sold Blackberrys period. Handspring has fallen into the "other" line of every market share report I've seen in the past 15 months. Of all the complaints I hear about the Treo, it is its lackluster email. The RIM's biggest shortcomings is PIM. Seems like a perfect union.
"In separate comments to Canada's National Post newspaper, Colligan said he expects consolidation in the market for mobile handheld devices, especially if the U.S. economy does not rebound soon. Colligan was in Toronto to visit Rogers Wireless, "If the fallout takes two years more, then there will be some consolidation,'' the paper quoted him as saying."
"The Toronto Star on Friday quoted Handspring President Ed Colligan as saying that it was logical for his company's Treo handheld and other competing wireless devices to use e-mail software developed by RIM, which is best known for its BlackBerry two-way e-mail device. As companies that make personal digital assistants add more wireless features to their equipment they will want proven technology, such as RIM's, to handle wireless e-mail, he told the newspaper."
Sort of makes me wonder if this is a first step to a merger. Neither are doing that well. RIM is a media darling, but the truth is, HP sells more iPAQs in 6 months than RIM has sold Blackberrys period. Handspring has fallen into the "other" line of every market share report I've seen in the past 15 months. Of all the complaints I hear about the Treo, it is its lackluster email. The RIM's biggest shortcomings is PIM. Seems like a perfect union.
"In separate comments to Canada's National Post newspaper, Colligan said he expects consolidation in the market for mobile handheld devices, especially if the U.S. economy does not rebound soon. Colligan was in Toronto to visit Rogers Wireless, "If the fallout takes two years more, then there will be some consolidation,'' the paper quoted him as saying."
