Blackberry faces extinction, say watchers

SOOTHSAYERS IDC have been consulting the liver of a goat and are predicting that RIMM's Blackberry will be killed off by Nokia and Microsoft.

According to ITWire, while the market for converged mobile gadgets is still growing like topsy, Blackberry will have a devil of a job staying on top.

IDC said that Microsoft's deals with Motorola, Palm, and others, as well as Nokia's commitment to an end-to-end strategy could weaken RIM's stronghold in the enterprise market.

Although several BlackBerry clones have attempted to challenge RIM's reign in the enterprise market, this time the competition is a bit more serious.

IDC is backing Nokia and Motorola because of their leadership in the overall mobile phone market, giving them a lot of influence.

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