Time to let it go BB. ICE drops RIM for IPhone

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Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry - Yahoo! News

Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) said will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in favor of Apple's iPhone, dealing a fresh blow to RIM just months ahead of its launch of a vital new device.

The agency said in a solicitation document posted last week that it intends to buy iPhones for more than 17,600 employees - a purchase worth $2.1 million.

The agency said it has relied on RIM for eight years but that RIM's technology "can no longer meet the mobile technology needs of the agency".
It also said that it had analyzed Apple's iOS-based devices and Google's Android operating system and concluded that for the near term Apple's iPhone services offer the best technology for the agency because of Apple's tight controls of the hardware platform and operating system.

The agency said the iPhone will be used by a "variety of agency personnel, including, but not limited to, Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, and Office of the Principal Legal Advisor employees".

"The iPhone services will allow these individuals to leverage reliable, mobile technology on a secure and manageable platform in furtherance of the agency's mission," ICE said in the document.

RIM is expected to launch its new BB10 smartphone in early 2013. The BB10 will come equipped with a revamped operating system and is aimed at putting an end to a precipitous decline in RIM's market share over the past year and longer.RIM declined to comment specifically on the ICE contract but said that after accounting for the ICE move it had one million government customers in North America.

RIM's advantage has been what industry experts widely describe as superior security and device-management features, which have made the BlackBerry appealing to corporate IT managers and a crucial tool for police, government and military use.

But that advantage is waning with the growing number of providers that help companies beef up security on their employees' iPhones and Androids.


Just let it rest RIM :comeon:
You had a good run.
 

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Its gotta suck to be a RIM employee right now...every day u wake up u know it could be the day u hear the company's finally going under. Im surprised they're still holdin on after all this fukkery
 

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RIM is just going about it all wrong. They needed to release small incremental updates to show loyal customers that work is being done at a frantic pace to keep up.
 

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smh are regular consumers still buying blackberrys. My aunt and uncle have one that they bought 2 years ago, but they are talking about getting new phones
 

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RIM has definitely put itself in a bad situation but I will definitely be checking out the new BBs once they drop.
 

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I remember when the blackberry was king. I had one. I worked at AT&T when the Iphone came out in 2007. They never saw it as a threat. Too many businesses and government agencies was contracted with them. I don't see how you product development game can be so weak for so long though. I remember when their only competition was the plam treo..
 

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I know BB is fading out but I take it the average ICE Agent needed Angry Birds and some social media apps to improve their jobs while out in the field :stopitslime:
 
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