Trying to bring down Research in Motion

For years competitors have tried to beat Research in Motion (RIMM) at its own game of selling smartphones to businesses, particularly its BlackBerry. Success has been limited, very.

The BlackBerry is a nearly perfect combination of complex e-mail machine and simple web access tool. Its server features are attractive to corporate IT departments. Perhaps most important of all, use of the BlackBerry has become an ingrained habit among millions of business people.