12 Year Success of RIM Sell BlackBerry for 150 Million

ORLANDO - Research In Motion (RIM) claims to have sold 150 million units of smart phones, BlackBerry, in the last 12 years. Not only that, a Canadian company is reportedly also successfully sold 15 million BlackBerry units in the first quarter of this year.



This statement RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis at the BlackBerry World Mobile Congress 2011, held in Orlando, Florida, as reported by TechCrunch on Wednesday (05/04/2011).

However, the achievement of this rim was not good enough when compared with other mobile phone vendors. In comparison, Nokia rumored to sell no less than 108.5 million units of mobile devices throughout Q1 2011.

The popularity of BlackBerry is in a downward following the increasing number of smart phones based on Android and the iPhone's presence 4 years ago. Recognizing this, RIM is itself reportedly has cut profit forecast to 11 percent less than earlier predictions made ​​last month.

In addition to presenting the results of BlackBerry sales, RIM also use this event to showcase their latest models Bold, namely 9900 and 9930. Both models are estimated to be marketed next June.