As prominent as BlackBerry may seem to be in the world market, apparently this is not actually the case. Well, at the very least not the case in Asia. In fact, BlackBerry is really only established in the US market. Springboard Research has put out some statistics that claim, in fact, that Windows Mobile outsells RIM in Asia-Pacific 6 to 1. RIM only managed to ship 1 million of their devices versus to Asia versus the 6 million that our hero Windows Mobile was able to ship.
So, what are the reasons behind RIM’s inability to woo on the worldwide market? Well, for starters Windows Mobile is cheaper to own. There’s no real need for an expensive data plan and the Blackberry Enterprise Server can be very expensive, indeed.
[via wmpoweruser]
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