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Wednesday 18 January 2012

Analysts Believe RIM Still Valuable, But Buyers Need A Discount [ 18-01-2012 17:59 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: BGR Translation by: Paul Smith

With the news that Samsung is not interested in purchasing RIM there arises a question of who might be. Accoring to Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee, RIM is still a viable purchase, but the value of the company isn't being reflected in its current market capitalization of $9.2 billion. Wu belives it is below that value and as far as buyers are concerned he's looking at the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung (a no go there) and perhaps even Facebook. Wu explained the situation:

While we believe there is some intrinsic value in RIM as ana cquisition target with its 75 million subscribers, patent portfolio, BlackBerry OS, and push network, we are unsure if a price of over $10 billion makes sense. Currently, the company has a market capitalization of $9.2 billion, meaning upside could be limited.

RIM's most valuable assets to any potential buyer, according to Wu, rae the patents RIM holds along with its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) application. Interestingly enough RIM's push network, whilst valuable, wasn't considered to be a 'crown jewel' because of the market domination by both Apple and Google.

So where does this leave RIM? Well essentially it leaves them up crap creek without many paddles. Samsung have already dismissed the idea og buying RIM and it's hard to see Microsoft making such a purchase when they're focused on Windows Phone. Amazon is another contender accoring to Wu, and perhaps the most likely of the bunch he mentioned. Of course Amazon has been getting onboard with Android in the world of tablets so would it want to add a second platform? Facebook remains an outsider in the equation, but never say never.

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Samsung: We're Not Interested In RIM [ 18-01-2012 17:42 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: Reuters Translation by: Paul Smith

Samsung have shot down rumours that they might be purchasing embattled handset manufacturer RIM. Reuters are reporting that Samsung are simple 'not interested'. James Chun, a spokesman for Samsung, explained:

We haven't considered acquiring the firm and are not interested in [buying RIM].

That would seem to be a pretty definitive answer. Note though that Samsung are not only not buying RIM, they say they haven't even entertained the idea of doing so. That fits in with previous comments from Samsung on buying platforms. They previously passed on acquiring webOS, which of course went to HP and was pretty much never heard from again (barring a few failed handsets and a tablet).

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iPhone Share Doubles In Q4 Amongst Customers [ 18-01-2012 12:26 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Nielsen Translation by: Paul Smith

U.S. ratings firm Nielsen has released new data showing that iPhone adoption amongst consumers roughly doubled in the last three months of 2011. In the three months leading up to October some 25.1% of those surveyed indicated that they had bought an iPhone. In the three months after October, leading up to December, that figure jumped to 44.5%. Compre that with the figures for Android, which shows a 61.6% adoption rate leading up to October, but falling to 46.9% in the three months leading to December.

Whilst the iPhone and Android battled it out poor old BlackBerry was down in the dumps either way. Leading up to October just 7.7% of those surveyed had bought a BlackBerry and this fell even lower in the lead up to December, dropping to just 4.5%.

Even with adoption rates having fallen for Android in the fourth quarter it remains the market leader in the U.S. with 46.3% of the smartphone OS market. That's followed by iOS with 30%, BlackBerry OS clinging to double digits at 14.9% and Windows Phone barely registering with 1.3%.

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