Valley Buzz: Blackberry Beating the iPhone, New Funding and Complications for 23andMe, and a Stay of Execution for the Boston Globe

This article shows either the writer has not done the Homework, or, condones Fraud, of the Stock Market. Ref: RIMM, SEC Litigations, #20902. Feb 17, 09, whereby the SEC prosecuted this company for Antifraud violations, covering period, 1998-06. This Company grew on bogus information supplied to Auditors, SEC, & S&P500, thus the Pundits touted this Company. What is the true value of this stock, and has it been re-conciled for the violation period? Why was the Fraud needed in the first place? No company value? If the SEC is in error please correct them?

i mean, really....if you have to give your phones away for free, are you really beating anybody? how do you consider this an edge?

Yes, credibility of information seems to be a problem in the Market today, thus the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, was to cause Co's to get outside Audits. RIMM is not the only co guilty of such violations, but, as a Financial Advisor, has advised, it is common, neither "admit or deny" the violations, get fined , and move on to the next investor. Is this how Mr. Madoff operated? Buy US!

Since Oct 08 the Fundamental approach to Stocks has diminished in quality, if not value. Daily SEC Litigation filings were brought to my attn, now part of my Fundamental, and Sector analysis. If we make money is it OK to accept fraud? I like Microsoft, and Apple!

Talk to Apple, do they agree that RIM has 50% of the consumer market? Yo! Credibility is the issue? KKD also had some SEC problems as of late?

Watch The Obama Deception it will open your eyes.

The name may be the same for many of the responses, but it should be noted, that the sources are different people!

Both blackberry and Iphone are made in China

The SmartPhone market's also getting commoditized. Since we are in a recession, folks are canceling their landlines and VoIP and switching to or grabbing a better phone for their cellphone. This is because cellphone is an all-around useful device - at home, on the go, long distance calls, text, internet, ... everything. I guess the thought is: If I have only one phone, let it be a good one - a Smart one. Once that mega switch is over, it probably is already, the smartphone sales would come crashing down in an already commoditized market. The final nail would be when Nokia manages to bring a nice one to the market. How to Play it: Buy long term put options on the device makers, because shorting the stocks could be a disaster as they are pretty volatile.

As an almost final nail for this week, the Market dipped after the Gains of Monday. Why is this no surprise, the Market is getting predictable, and the Statistics coming out of the Industry for Phones are becoming questionable due to sources? Claim, revise, and deny later? Sort of like the current Earnings reports? Cash rules!

yfu. monday @11:43pm. you should have been in bed by then and slept it off. you must have had too much to drink, or you are drunk on hate, man.

An article on another site happened to mention that the two quarters compared by NPD are NOT the same. Apple follows "normal" quarters and its quarter ran from Jan-March. RIMM's figures are based on December-February. How can they come to any reasonable conclusion about sales when one includes the biggest holiday month of the year and the other doesn't??? Similarly, the report would have been a lot more useful if NPD had not included the units that were GIVEN AWAY by RIMM as part of its "sales."

Another bogus claim that RIM is outdoing Apple. Nothing could be further form the truth. RIM is running scared, that is the only reason for the (unsuccessful) 'storm'. At this point, many a sane person is waiting for the next iPhone. Also, RIM's quarter included give-aways and December, Apple's is all post holiday (when the worry over the recession intensified). I suppose it's a good headline for grabing clicks, but there is really no truth to it when you look at the details.

Another bogus claim that RIM is somehow outdoing Apple. Nothing could be further form the truth. RIM is running scared, that is the only reason for the (unsuccessful) 'storm'. At this point, many a sane person is waiting for the next iPhone. Also, RIM's quarter included give-aways and December, Apple's is all post holiday (when the worry over the recession intensified). I suppose it's a good headline for grabing clicks, but there is really no truth to it when you look at the details.