President Obama is perhaps the most famous executive addicted to his Blackberry, but there’s someone who has stumped RIM’s creators or the Blackberry. After 25 years catering to high demand industries and 3 years going after the general public, RIM seems to have missed a major demographic.
“Are you going to make a phone more for kids so that my Mom will let me get one?”
At Tuesday’s shareholders’ meeting in Toronto, a child in the audience left RIM’s Co-Chiefs stumbling for a proper response to the simple question.
Mike Lazaridis, after pausing uncomfortably to find the right response, said, “There’s lots of opportunity and, you know, if the current BlackBerries aren’t acceptable to your mother, hopefully the next ones will.” [click to continue...]
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