RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Phones 100
zacharye writes "Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will wind down manufacturing services related to BlackBerry devices over the next three to six months, and it expects restructuring charges to be less than $35 million."
So Sad (Score:3, Insightful)
The rise and downfall of RIM parallel's slashdot, myspace and others in many ways.
The early leaders that never adapted and eventually get surpassed by better, smarter competitors. The desperate and late attempts to remain relevant only to just slowly fade into obscurity.
Really sad.
Re:So what does this mean? (Score:5, Insightful)
No, they're not.
And - BGR has taken paticular interest in finding news about rim and turning into a negative thing. What manufacturer would intentionally stop building devices at contract volumes and rates? My bet is RIM pulled their business for some reason. In order words, this is a non-story that BGR is turning into a negative story about RIM.
Ever since RIM gave all the other sites BB10 dev alpha devices and didn't give one to BGR, they've been running constant negative coverage.
Re:So what does this mean? (Score:5, Insightful)
They pulled their business because NO ONE IS BUYING THE DEVICES.
Whats difficult to understand here? No one buys these devices anymore, so they'll reducing the amount of manufacturing potential they have rather than keeping a production line ready and costing them to sit idle. This is just another part of the death spiral to everyone with their eyes open.
Re:If RIM were a passenger jet... (Score:4, Insightful)