GOOO RIM!!

Frist!! muaha

Nah but thats really cool nice buy from RIM.

2ND ): haha

More software developers @ RIM = a good thing!

Now... Time to buy Vlingo for cars and phones BlackBerry!

Great move. RIM is on a roll here with the number of aquisations made in the past few years which means they are moving in the right direction. Go Rim Go!

Hopefully RIM has a plan to put this new asset into action and make a compelling overall user experience.

well it does not look like
RIM is going under like many people say
i am a business man and when you invest in your company is cos you belive in it
it seems to me that RIM is geting ready for somenthing big
i m glad with this new buy

Kevin,

Can you do an analysis of RIM's recent acquisitions? Say since 2008, and where they fit into the business?

Thanks!

for 100 million dollars *cue dr evil*

seems excessive for a digital content company that handles social networking content but then again I've never used their software (i think) so they could be pretty awesome :P
But like the article says, we'll probably have to wait for devcon to see the real reason behind it. I guess it's quicker than starting from scratch or not having it all your way with a licensing deal...

Having a client that seemingly works well with digital content makers/communications companies that allows content to be published, processed and distributed through tablets, pcs, tv's and smartphones using a cloud based storage system is intriguing to say the least.

Now with amazon gearing up with their kindle and their cloud services and apple with icloud, rim doesn't want to be left behind in that area too.

let's just hope the software doesn't suck and works seamlessly as an eco-system :P

Companies that are looking to get bought out or are mulling over being bought out do not go and drop 100 mil on an aquisition.

My sister does the exact same thing. She goes on a shopping spree every time there's some bad news.

Well done. I love RIM's strategy of small acquisitions that fill the need, as opposed to the Google "buy everything" approach (of course the difference is that they can afford to). As Kevin talked about on the last Mobile Nations and I've heard a few others say recently, RIM's biggest problem now is content.

Seem they've been listening to the Mobile Nations podcast eh Kevin?

I hope all of these acquisitions are worth it. The next bb should wow us, even if its just on par w/ the rest of the market. Seems like they're trying to focus more on the average user more than businesses like they have in the past. So I guess the rumor of being bought out by Google won't happen now.

Just finished a 5 min quick check of newbay products and solutions. This definitely looks like a smart acquisition! This one specific feature (beside many interesting features) caught my eye:

"Tracks user activity across all client devices - Web, WAP, mobile Internet, handset client, Desktop Notifier Client & TV - in order to determine the best device and channel to send notifications to"

RIM making all right moves these days!

YES....big move RIM. BlackBerrrys are going to be even more awesome in a the near future.

So when is RIM going to show off some cool stuff from TAT? TAT should be cranking out cool apps for the Playbook.

Great news for sure. Hopefully technology will go into BBX.

Now we just need those QNX phones yesterday!

Nice, looking good RIM. Keep the developer adquisitions comming, but more than that, it's time to work in app development with newbay, that other swedish company they bought earlier on the year and anything could help. It's all about the apps, and we need quality apps no angry birds apps.
I agree, we need the QNX phones yesterday, the specs of the Samsung GALAXY SII are quite impressive, anyway I'm going to buy the Bold 9900 in 3 months I end my current contract with Telcel. (I use a Torch 9800)

Hope they do a good job integrating it into BBX. They need to make it simple & easy to use, just like Apple's icloud.

Hope they have already been working on it before the acquisition because if they get the QNX phones out on time they don't have much time to integrate it

Way to go! Content is the King!

rim is a dying platform... nobody is buying blackberries... rim doesnt have money.... the playbook sucks... blackberry 7devices arent good... rim should sale... sale rim sale oh wait did you just say they dropped 100mil sayy whattttttttt??? all the haters say hoooooooooo.... blackberry for life baby!!!

Content is king, good adquisition by RIM.

More on the news:

http://www.businessinsider.com/rim-drops-100-million-to-compete-against-...

So RIM told us their new BBX phones will be able to run android apps. Now, RIM has show their cards on BB Movies, NewBay, BB Music, TAT, JayCut. Movies, video editing, social music, cloud storage, it is clear Blackberry has learned that they want to provide a rich, pleasant and easy to use media experience.
The naysayers will say "it is just catching up to the iPhone or droids" but BB users will know that the iPhone has still not provided push e-mail and the iPhone is trapped in the form factor 3.5" screen, android still has not plugged their security issues.
So, here is where the road leads:
the BBX BlackBerry and Playbook will provide a rich multi-media experience wrapped in an awesome UI courtesy of TAT that give consumers more than a 3.5" screen, besides a screen that I guarantee will be larger than 3.5" there will also be things BB has always had the advantage on. Reliable, secure, push info on great hardware.
What will take it over the top, if that is not enough, is that with RIM you will be able to use a Mac at home, a PC at work, and just be more open, like they are with Flash, instead of trying to trap you in one eco-system.
I think the choice of the 2012 consumer is obvious. BlackBerry continues to lead in choice of models, secure, reliable communications and does so in a nicer form factor than the iPhone but also now adds awesome multi-media on any device you want to work on. That will make the phone even more open than the current androids.
RIMPIRE Strikes back. BIG TIME. This last iPhone4 release shows how they have painted themselves into a corner with their app friendly form factor. No major changes expected for apple. 3.5" is going to be around for a long time.