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Microsoft RIM Takeover Rumors

Posted by Gil Bouhnick on Nov 05, 2008 Share

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Rumors rumors rumors. The mobile industry is just like a big happy soap opera.

After Windows Mobile 7 was rumored to be postponed, Windows Mobile 6.5 became the hot topic of the day.

And today I found an older post in SearchMobileComputing.com about possibilities that Microsoft will take advantage of RIM’s share taking a beating (dropped from $148 to around $50) and try to takeover BlackBerry maker.

The article includes few interesting pros and cons. Will Microsoft try to merge between the two platforms? Will enterprise prefer implementing a single platform instead of 2? Does it make sense for Microsoft to buy a company that makes hardware that doesn’t run Windows Mobile? And uses… Java?

Thinking about it, if it does happen eventually, I wonder what would be better for us… Running Windows Mobile on a Blackberry device or running Blackberry OS on an HTC device…

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Think about it…

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    • motionmind
      The Blackberry OS is still too limited for me, so no thanks on stuffing that onto the Touch HD.
    • Pony99CA
      I read this about a month ago, and I'm not sure how much I believe it. However, I found this pundit's opinion interesting:

      [Jack] Gold took a more negative view of a possible deal. He said there is simply no strategic fit for Microsoft to buy RIM.

      He doubts that Microsoft would want to buy a company that makes hardware that doesn't run Windows Mobile.

      Apparently Mr. Gold hasn't heard that Microsoft bought Danger.

      And, by the way, what hardware "doesn't run Windows Mobile"? Does RIM use a different processor than WM supports?

      Steve
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