{"id":495618,"date":"2010-03-31T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/rim-earnings-preview-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-31T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:00:00","slug":"live-at-4-rim-needs-to-show-its-standing-its-ground-in-the-iphone-android-era-rimm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/495618","title":{"rendered":"LIVE AT 4: RIM Needs To Show It’s Standing Its Ground In The iPhone-Android Era (RIMM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jimUpdate: LIVE analysis here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier:<\/strong> BlackBerry maker Research In Motion reports Q4 earnings and Q1 guidance today after the bell. Join us for LIVE coverage beginning at 4 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

RIM is still the top smartphone player in the U.S.<\/a> and is making a push to grow its presence in the rest of the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it’s facing two big threats: Apple’s iPhone, which is destroying the competition with its App Store<\/a>, and Google’s Android OS, which is getting major uptake from carriers and phone manufacturers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, this will be RIM’s first full period reporting since the Motorola Droid<\/a> went on sale at Verizon Wireless — a carrier that was selling a LOT of BlackBerry Storms<\/a> during Holiday 2008.<\/p>\n

So RIM will either get an opportunity today to either show that it’s still kicking butt, or that it’s beginning to lose its edge as competition heats up. Expectations are high — 25% top-line growth — with shares up almost 50% from lows last fall.<\/p>\n

Join us for live analysis and coverage of RIM’s earnings call in about an hour.<\/p>\n

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