Todd Kort
Todd Kort
average people percent using
People will keep using (Palm OS Garnet). For the average user, who doesn't use more than 20 percent of their device, they don't know the difference.
buying fell path taken
It fell on its face. Buying Be has taken them down the path to destruction.
alone amount billion generate given likely revenue settle whatever
Given RIM is likely to generate at least $1.5 billion in revenue from the U.S. alone this year, it just would make a lot of sense for RIM to settle for whatever amount they can.
company enterprise perceived playing
Casio is perceived as more of a consumer-oriented company and they're playing in an enterprise market.
bit hear shortage
I don't hear anything about there being any shortage of ISPs in this market, so they may find it a bit difficult.
four moving november seriously since talked
Since November 30th, I've talked to about 80 different companies, and only about four of them are seriously considering moving away from RIM.
compete create difficult finding might seems several solutions strongly taken target ways
Why HP, Dell, Nokia, Motorola, Palm, etc. have taken so long to create solutions that might strongly compete with RIM is difficult to comprehend. RIM has had a big target on their back for several years and everyone seems to keep finding ways of missing.
appealing european feature integrate might mobile phones
The Bluetooth feature will probably be most appealing in the European market, where they might be able to integrate that into the mobile phones that use Bluetooth,
enterprise four market percent users
It used to be around 20 percent of the market were enterprise users about four years ago.
blackberry devices percent plenty solutions users
There are plenty of other push-e-mail solutions out there, but I would say 75 percent of BlackBerry users look at other devices and don't find any of them particularly attractive.
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The only question is whether the judge may allow the case to drag out a bit further or whether he's going to force some action this spring.
advised companies staying
We've advised them to look at alternatives, but most companies are staying put.
absolutely companies talk
There are companies I talk with that are absolutely livid.
ancient great handle operating protected stuck supposed system
They've been stuck at (Palm OS Garnet) for two-plus years. It's a pretty ancient operating system that can't handle multitasking, can't handle protected memory, and doesn't have great security, all the things that Cobalt was supposed to deliver.