RIM: We don't need better products, just marketing

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5 points·reiichiroh··6 comments

Wow. Just when you thought RIM couldn't get any more disconnected from reality, they come out with this. Four poorly-drawn cartoon characters to live the BlackBerry lifestyle. Just wow.

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If you doubt that this is official, it's right there on their blog: http://blogs.blackberry.com/

Their new CEO said they need new marketing to combat their troubles.

That's pretty embarrassing.

In a way, I actually agree with this statement. Here's my reasoning: RIM's main manufacturing plant is in Waterloo Ontario. They also have a plant in Dallas, Hungary and Mexico. They offer good wages and excellent working conditions. That's more than I can say for Apple and Foxconn.

Just this morning a person in RIM management told me the costs on RIM devices are typically higher because they stay away from unfair labor practices.

That means a lot to me. The humane and ethical treatment of human beings trumps everything, including performance and features.

I have an iPhone 4 (I waited outside a Rogers store all night to be one of the first to have one in my city) but with what I read is going on at Foxconn, I can't support Apple anymore.

I suppose you are boycotting everything else made in those factories from other non-Apple brands as well?

Is this your subtle and twisted way of rationalizing your conscience away? Will this make the purchase of your next Apple product easier?

Tell yourself anything you want, but you're going to have blood on your hands if you continue to support Apple.

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