Editorial: RIM, we’ve been here before

By now you’ve no doubt read or at least heard about the New York Times interview where RIM’s co-CEOs wound up asking most of the questions and challenged conventional wisdom about the company, or seen the BBC interview that Mike Lazaridis put an abrupt end to (see below, if you haven’t). Those both offer plenty of juicy morsels for folks like us to chew on, but they’re also indicative of a broader sense of frustration from the company that’s getting difficult to ignore. One that is strikingly similar to what we’ve recently seen from another company that grew to dominate on the world stage, became a figure of national pride in its home country, and is now struggling to reinvent itself in the face of stiff competition: Nokia. Continue reading Editorial: RIM, we’ve been here before Editorial: RIM, we’ve been here before originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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