Blackberry rising
Amdist all the hoopla around Motorola’ new products, one news which got little mention was the deal struck between Moto and Blackberry for MPx. By now, Blackberry has signed-up most major phone makers, and has worked out plans to embed its software/service on all sorts of SmartPhone OS platforms. We are looking at a defactor wireless email platform? Perhaps!
But this clearly is not good news for well, Good Technology! Motorola’s MPx was supposedly going to be an exclusive Good deal, but I guess not. And those smart VCs who have pumped in nearly $250 million into wireless email must be reaching for their large box of Tums! Good alone accounts for $146 million of the total.
My theory on this is, that by launching an aggresive marketing/hype campaign, Good galvanized those meek canadians into action. Had that not happened, RIM probably would have kept doing what they were doing - selling devices and service and growing at a nice Canadian pace. Threatened, they went on and signed up all these people. Voila! They are in good place, Good in not!
[gigaom]
I totally agree with Om.
This is an example where patents and VCs have really FUDed the landscape and all of a sudden a sleeping Tiger has been clued in and appears to grok it now.
I just hate the concept of the mini-keyboard being patented - but let’s just get on with making sure it’s baked into all sorts of devices - as my chubby fingers will NEVER learn to thumb type, graffitti or whatever.
I’m a QWERTY keyboard guy - till I die - I got no choice about it. And there’s no way in hell I’m typing SMS messages with a phone pad….
Anyway - congrats to Blackberry - not let’s get on with it.