It doesn't sound like it does more than the existing iPhone Configuration Utility. Would be handy for Android as they don't have anything like the iPhone utility (Android is a PITA to look after).
Having BES and remote wipe for other devices on a single console is hardly a selling point for it either considering its going to be implemented by the IT department.
Thanks, Mel. The end of your third paragraph gets to the heart of it. Follow the Apple model of not licensing its operating system, or hope that licensing forestalls a significant number of companies from abandoning their RIM platforms outright? The situations aren't directly comparable, so, yes, this is a real wait-and-see strategy.
I thought BES brings in most of their profits...the hardware is just a vehicle to sell more BES licences.
Once RIM realizes it, they will slowly drop new hardware. In a couple of years Win Phone will be ahead of them (hardware wise) and they will never catch up to Android and iOS.
Might as well catch on to the trend now and port their BES / BBM software to iOS and Android. At least that will keep the company going.
I thought BES brings in most of their profits...the hardware is just a vehicle to sell more BES licences.
Once RIM realizes it, they will slowly drop new hardware. In a couple of years Win Phone will be ahead of them (hardware wise) and they will never catch up to Android and iOS.
Might as well catch on to the trend now and port their BES / BBM software to iOS and Android. At least that will keep the company going.
No, hardware makes most of their profits. But their margins have been dropping drastically as the average selling price of their phones continues to drop. Their gross used to be 60%, now it's closer to 40%. This is a direct result of phone sales dropping in developed countries, and rising in less developed ones, and third world countries where only their cheaper models sell.
But if this continues, then BES will be responsible for more than half of their profit.
Wait, now I know where all of this hardware went: Amazon Kindle Fire. They sold the leftovers to Amazon! It's the same form factor. That's why it's so cheap!
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Having BES and remote wipe for other devices on a single console is hardly a selling point for it either considering its going to be implemented by the IT department.
Thanks, Mel. The end of your third paragraph gets to the heart of it. Follow the Apple model of not licensing its operating system, or hope that licensing forestalls a significant number of companies from abandoning their RIM platforms outright? The situations aren't directly comparable, so, yes, this is a real wait-and-see strategy.
I thought BES brings in most of their profits...the hardware is just a vehicle to sell more BES licences.
Once RIM realizes it, they will slowly drop new hardware. In a couple of years Win Phone will be ahead of them (hardware wise) and they will never catch up to Android and iOS.
Might as well catch on to the trend now and port their BES / BBM software to iOS and Android. At least that will keep the company going.
I thought BES brings in most of their profits...the hardware is just a vehicle to sell more BES licences.
Once RIM realizes it, they will slowly drop new hardware. In a couple of years Win Phone will be ahead of them (hardware wise) and they will never catch up to Android and iOS.
Might as well catch on to the trend now and port their BES / BBM software to iOS and Android. At least that will keep the company going.
No, hardware makes most of their profits. But their margins have been dropping drastically as the average selling price of their phones continues to drop. Their gross used to be 60%, now it's closer to 40%. This is a direct result of phone sales dropping in developed countries, and rising in less developed ones, and third world countries where only their cheaper models sell.
But if this continues, then BES will be responsible for more than half of their profit.
I guess they were referring to themselves. That tagline will haunt them for a while. Amateurs.