April Fool jokes don't work on RIM, their schizophrenic management makes everything possible.
RIM retracts denial on consumer devices: Pulls out, spins in circle
In an unprecedented retraction of a retraction, a RIM press officer has stated that their company is pulling out of the consumer market "once and for all." Acknowledging that they had denied this fact two days earlier, the RIMmer sighed and said that sometimes people in the press office just made crap up. It's time to tell the …
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Sunday 1st April 2012 16:00 GMT Anonymous Coward
In other news...
RIM now considers filing a lawsuit against El Reg due to spreading classified information which might scare off potential customers which they so desperately need these days. As such rumor has it that RIM and El Reg are reaching a settlement for several thousands of dollars.
Source of being obviously the same source as the article itself ;-)
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Monday 2nd April 2012 12:03 GMT Alister
Re: What??
@Irongut
cock - male bird specifically chicken (see rooster)
capon - a castrated rooster
wattle - a fleshy growth under the chin of a male chicken
comb - the fleshy appendage on a male chicken's head
spurred - the rearward toe of a chicken's foot is often called a spur
coop - a place where chickens are kept
HTH
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Sunday 1st April 2012 18:11 GMT jubtastic1
BBM Kids
Ignoring the joke, there's a whole generation of kids here in the UK* that are seriously addicted to BBM, they will eventually leave school, get jobs and spend money, all RIM has to do is not get left too far behind and have something they'll want to buy.
Which is probably a tall order, but at least it's possible, unlike retaking the enterprise market, which is a lost cause at this point.
* Perhaps this is just a UK phenomenon, a chance effect of PAYG txting plans here? Is BBM popular with the kids elsewhere?