http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
They don't have to say anything, look at those signal bars !]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
One of these days, Apple's gonna meet it's match in lega & marketing prowess. And the results won't be pretty for Apple that day.

It was a wrong, wrong move to try to tarnish other reputable companies. ]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Glad to see not every company is as childish as Mr Jobs.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/I agree! every1 should say same.
Now, it's samsung's turn.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
Well said, but I would take an iPhone (with antenna problems) or an Android (even a bargain bin phone) before I ever used a Blackberry, with that ugly, slow and boring OS.

Their market share is attributed to nothing more than their legacy. In a few years, I doubt they'll even be relevant. ]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/oh snap indeed!]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/I think that thing will be Android, just saying. I mean look at all the ads out now for the google phones]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
I wonder what phones RIM uses for business use? lol]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
Sure. I hope you own a blackberry so you have a miserable time doing anything on the go.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
RIMshot!

*badum-CHING!*]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Well said? You guys all hate on RIM every single day, then when they attack Apple, you love them.

Get over yourselves. One half of this duo said touch screen phones aren't going anywhere, and they are now releasing OS6 which seems to be entirely touch-based.

These guys are idiots, and I'm ashamed that they are Canadian. ]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
The title of the article makes it sound like RIM was really mean. But they were more mature than Apple when they tried to insult their competitors.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
How did they tarnish other companies? They took their phones and showed that the hand can attenuate the signal.

That didn't necessarily mean that their phones dropped MORE calls than the iPhone, nor did it change the fact that the iPhone has antenna problems.

Not everything Apple does is a slight to others. Who gives a shit?]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Shame on you, that's no reason to be ashamed that they are Canadian! RIM is the only Canadian company that is able to compete and has huge market share. RIM and Nokia were wrong when they said touch phones go nowhere but unlike Apple they dont blame others.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Notice that nothing in that tirade denies or contradicts any of Apple's claims. Neither CEO disputes the claim that their phones lose signal when held.

Game,Set, Match.
Well played Mr. jobs.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
RIM has every right to say this.

Every BlackBerry I've used had rock solid reception. I will give RIM that... plus, their batteries are swappable!]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/











]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
He dresses as old as he acts.]]>Jul 17th 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
i never thought id say this but... GO RIM!!!!]]>Jul 17th 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
I'm glad companies never use comparisons in marketing.. that'd just be silly! ]]>Jul 17th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Warning: This comment mentions Steve Jobs and obama in the same sentence.. Warning
More and more, Steve Jobs is reminding me of obama.. Always childishly pointing fingers and trying to make people happy with with a bunch of BS lies and "free" crap nonsense.
I don't know what world you're living in if you think this is okay... It is unacceptable, unprofessional and shouldn't be taken lightly like these real businessmen at RIM have said..
What Steve did today was borderline corporate slander if there is such a thing and they won't get away with it for much longer.. that goes for Steve and obama.

I have a Blackberry 9630 and have not experienced one dropped call since I've owned it.. Same with all the Palm Treo's I've had over the past 6 years or so and everything before that like my StarTac.. not one dropped call or reception issue from touching the phone in any position no matter where I am. In fact, I've never experienced a dropped call or reception issue in my entire life.. Thank you RIM, Palm, Sanyo, Motorola and most importantly Sprint

]]>Jul 17th 2010 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
If RIM had issues like the iphone 4 back in 2002-2006 (when RIM was #1 for business users), then they would not exist today. RIM business users need absolute connection to send emails, make phone calls.

Having Nokia and RIM respond (waiting for Sammy, HTC and Moto), man this is GOING to get ugly.

And I'm waiting for the elephant in the room to respond: Ericsson.

Then wait until the patent trolls kick in: then it will get really ugly.]]>Jul 17th 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
If you 'haven't seen one (a Blackberry Smartphone) in months', then maybe you should get out more... Many serious business users swear by them due to their well-earned reputation for reliability.]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbM7DWHwhUI oh crap....what was that CEO from RIM saying?]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Nope, they do not.

Jobs claimed that the BB 9700 loses bars hen held and presented a video showing this. Neither RIM CEO denied that their phone loses bars when held. They just said it was unnacceptable for Jobs to point this out. Oh and that they have been working hard on antenna design for years. But not once do they deny the fact that the BB 9700 loses signal when held.]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHR4pkdlIjc]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/Jul 17th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
I really don't want to comment on what has already been said and repeated as i won't anything to add. But i did find this interesting that doesn't come up too often here on Engadget. It's taken from AppleInsider so take it with a grain of salt. It's not my original post. There were a dozen URL's but Engadget allows only 3 to post. Could fit them all in.

Originally Posted by davesw

Videos: death grip on EVO, Droid Incredible, Nexus One, Galaxy 1, G1, etc.

* HTC Evo Signal Attenuation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pj2YBYTbag

* Droid Incredible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaDE941PzQk

* Nexus One (after Google's update to correct): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2g5J4qPp54

]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/
what's with my grammar today?

here's the link to that heated endless rant.

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=111440&page=7]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/rim-co-ceos-pull-no-punches-responding-to-apples-antenna-statem/"the little tirade"???

um, not really. just a concisely and factually poignant counter-spin. Well said, RIM.]]>Jul 17th 2010 3:56AM