RIM reportedly hoping to sell itself to Samsung
0. phoneArena posted on 17 Jan 2012, 11:31
RIM is reportedly pulling out the stops in an attempt to sell themselves to Samsung, although they may be asking too steep a price
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1. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 17 Jan 2012, 11:45 10 3
it `ll be good for RIM and SAMMY both.
27. Lucas777 posted on 17 Jan 2012, 16:22 0 0
idk what samsung really would gain from this.. they will be either managing android, badatitzen, and bb os... or they will simply get rid of bb os/qnx in which case they really dont need to buy them anyways.. and in my opinion they make better hardware than bb already so idk what angle they would achieve through this
28. christianqwerty posted on 17 Jan 2012, 17:30 1 1
It will be bad for RIM, it seems like almost everyone phone is the same, black slab with a giant screen, blackberries have a different approach, keyboards, sliders, ect. If samsung takes RIM, then will the physical portrait keyboards die?
29. christianqwerty posted on 17 Jan 2012, 17:33 2 0
And also, do you think Samsung actually wants to work on blackberry OS? or are they just trying to buy patents. They already have their own OS (Bada) and they dominate the android field, would they really put time and effort into trying to make blackberry better?
4. snowgator posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:00 6 0
Is anyone besides me not buying this until it comes from somewhere else other than BGR? If you look at the actual "track record" of their "inside sources", it really is not great. I have said before that they are not the National Enquirer, but more like People magazine- right enough to keep interest in their website, wrong enough that you just ain't buying or even if it sounds good.
This could be a discussion behind the scenes, and I am not sure who else has deep enough pockets to buy RIM outright that would also be interested. This company still has value, and truthfully still can stand on it's own if it gets better leadership.
5. ilia1986 posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:08 3 2
Excellent. This will help establish Samsung in the corporate world - something that the company strongly needs right now.
Plus - an Android phone with a 4.5" screen and big-sized BB keyboard ala BB Torch = ultra win.
6. remixfa posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:16 4 3
sgs3 ... now with BES support. that would be a killer combo
7. jskrenes posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:17 4 0
I would think Microsoft would be a more logical choice for a RIM suitor.
22. ardent1 posted on 17 Jan 2012, 15:41 0 0
I've been saying RIMM is better off dead than alive -- smart investors are buying RIMM for its patents just like Carl Icahn champion Moto for its patents after the Nortel sale. Guess what Google paid billions for Moto's patents, and as a result, would not be a good candidate to acquire RIMM for possible antitrust reasons.
9. blattlaus posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:28 2 2
I have to call BS on this. Sammy is kicking butt with Android, and has Bada/Tinzen as well. What exactly could they get from RIM that would be worth their purchase price? Patents? Just wait a year and pay 1/4 price.
15. remixfa posted on 17 Jan 2012, 13:53 4 2
the company will only devalue so much. the do internal manufacturing and own a boat load of security patents. any purchase would be more for that than anything else. Of course, knowing RIM's idiots in charge, they will continue to demand too much until no one wants to buy them.. then they will be auctioned for pennies.
17. Droid_X_Doug posted on 17 Jan 2012, 14:15 1 1
"Of course, knowing RIM's idiots in charge, they will continue to demand too much until no one wants to buy them.. then they will be auctioned for pennies."
That is the most likely scenario. When your stock is tanking and you can't roll out a new product until end of this year (and that is being charitable, it probably will slip), your company's value is not worth a premium over market price. If the co-Bozos could get anyone to pay current market for the company, they should grab the offer and sell, sell, SELL!
11. lboogy82788 posted on 17 Jan 2012, 12:44 2 2
Do it Samsung! Just imagine a BlackBerry super phone with GS3 specs,WOW!!!!!
12. lubba posted on 17 Jan 2012, 13:16 2 0
Samsung, no! MS and Nokia. Great for enterprise and business.
13. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 17 Jan 2012, 13:22 2 2
I'd say it's better for Google to acquire RIM software house and use that to strengthen it's enterprising in Android and thus making Android in a better position to easily flow right into the business sector piggybacking on RIM know how and years of experience. Can't believe the RIM botched themselves this bad. Lackluster release that started with the Storm, each phone was crap on top of crap. Google buying RIM would ensure that Android can survive even better against frivolous lawsuits and probably get microsoft out of the android OEM pockets because of the patents that MS hold in parts of android source code. I see Google taking a long hard look at RIM and their portfolio. Lets hope we don't get another debacle like that BS gang up buyout from 2 years ago with the assets going to MS, Apple and a few others. We all remember that.
Google a search engine is now a global force in OS? Microsoft is definitely not pleased and Apple has the most popular devices on the planet, go figure MS isn't happy about that but software is their strong suit and Google is a more serious threat than Apple. It will interesting to watch what happens when the vultures circle the carcass that is RIM has become.
