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Originally Posted by Stuart C
This is true.. It's also worth noting that somehow, in the last couple of years, RIM have managed to maneuver the Blackberry into having a similarly cool image. While MS have been losing market share.
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It's the high sheep factor (HSF) that you get in business, which is actually why MS have done so well in business with their servers and desktop OS/software.
Due to the HSF in business you have companies running Windows and MS Office when there are cheaper and more stable alternatives out there. Other companies use MS for their servers an desktops therefore MS is the choice (otherwise why would so many people choose MS if it was the wrong choice?).
Similarly with BES, people wanted their emails on their phones, imap/pop3 was awkward, didn't cover meetings etc, so RIM came along with clunky BES.
MS have caught up, and unlike BES, their integration just works, you don't need extra software/licenses, and you don't need to pull the battery out because you can recieve emails but not calendar updates, or unlike the iPhone if you sync with your PC and via the phone you don't end up with duplicate contacts/emails/calendar entries.
MS have never seen the true potential of CE and PDAs, even while developers could and released apps to try and achieve it.