Contrary to yesterday’s reports about RIM giving up on most consumer markets, RIM issued a statement today saying that they are “fully committed to the consumer market.” However instead on focusing on the general consumer market, RIM will be focusing on specific areas of the consumer market where the BlackBerry excels – which means phones that are great for communicating as well as remaining secure enough to satisfy employer’s needs for security and data management (isn’t that what RIM is already doing now?).
So for those of you who are worried that you won’t be able to get a hip, trendy BlackBerry device in the future – fret not. You’ll still get to purchase BlackBerry devices that can be used out of work and have enough features to make them work-friendly at the same time. Let’s see what kind of BlackBerry phones RIM will introduce next.
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