Smartphone maker BlackBerry once accounted for 20 % of Celestica's revenue (which was US$ 6.5 billion last year), but as
BlackBerry lost market share in recent years and had to cut costs, it switched to cheaper Asian suppliers, and the two companies formally announced their split last summer; sure enough, Celestica's first - quarter results showed a BlackBerry - sized hole in the balance sheet, with revenues down 19 % from the year before.
Not exact matches
How many people at Samsung and
BlackBerry and Pebble and Sony are going to be out of work, as the relevant corporate divisions get downsized as those companies
lose market share to Apple's new products?
BlackBerry has been fighting a
losing battle for
market share against its touchscreen competitors, which include Apple Inc. and phones on the Android operating system.
But
BlackBerry has since
lost millions of subscribers, and its
market share has dwindled to less than 3 % globally.
It is no more an enigma that
BlackBerry is striving to regain its
lost market share, which is currently prevailed by Apple Inc (AAPL) iPhone and Android running services.
You would figure that RIM, being a Canadian company would have their finger on the
market of what people want and it is sad that they haven't had their
share of the
market innovation as so many people like their
blackberry name and function, but they are
losing their following to other smart - phone providers just because of the same old story over and over released with a different model number stamped on the handset.
There is a huge worldwide population of users that are loyal to
Blackberry, It may have
lost market share in the US, but is still fairly popular in Indonesia, Brazil, and with the business minded.
Google's Android operating system gained US smartphone
market share in the quarter which ended in July while
Blackberry maker Research in Motion, Apple and Microsoft
lost ground, digital tracking firm comScore said.
Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its mobile phone operating system in October as it seeks to claw back
lost market share from Apple's iPhone, the
Blackberry and devices powered by Google's Android software.
The PlayBook writedown is the latest in a steady stream of bad news for Waterloo, Ontario - based RIM, whose
BlackBerry is
losing market share to the iPhone and Android devices.
BlackBerry 10, and the two smartphones that are going to run it, the Z10 and Q10, make a solid trio at an extended glance, and it's easy to believe that this is the best effort
BlackBerry could muster to regain some of its
lost market share.
Notably, the piece of information comes few days after a report stating
BlackBerry to be considering making Android smartphones in order to gain the
market share it
lost to Apple's iphone and other Android devices.
Years ago,
BlackBerry was darling of the smartphone buyers, but it has
lost its major
market share to iPhone and Android.
After years of steadily
losing market share,
BlackBerry is back with a strong product.
Samsung has stuck Android 2.2 into a small - screened handset with a chunky
BlackBerry - style keyboard, in the hope, no doubt, of stealing some
market share from the fruity company that seems to be
losing its way a little at present.