RIM shares Uphill, Investor Leave Apple?

Berita Kocar Kacir on

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

JAKARTA - Plan of Research In Motion (RIM) to launch new smartphones based on BlackBerry 10 (BB10) seem to reap the positive sentiment. Shares of Canadian companies that reported an increase of 10 per cent ahead of the launch of the new device on Jan. 30.

Quoted from Mashable, Tuesday (15/01/2013), Apple shares struggled to remain in the $ 500 figure. RIM shares rose for the first time since February last year with more than 10 percent, $ 15 a share at the opening Monday, January 14 and closed at a price of USD14.95.

Positive market sentiment towards the rim is not independent of investor confidence about the planned launch of its smartphone operating system and 10 BB in late January 2013.

Meanwhile, the representatives of telecommunications companies in the United States that Verizon, AT & T, and Sprint confirmed they support the new RIM smartphone based on BlackBerry 10 and are very optimistic about the cooperation.

Not only that, RIM seems to be very serious with the launch of their new software platform as well. Monday, VP of Developer Relations mtwit that firms earn at least 15,000 applications devoted to BlackBerry 10.

Well, with a number of serious steps by the company and the confidence of the investors, it is not impossible that RIM's stock has long "sleep" will "bounce" back. "A lot of speculation that RIM will continue to soar (shares), with anticipation over the launch of BlackBerry 10 to the Apple news (Monday)," said Chief Derivatives Strategist at TD Amertrade, Joe Kinahan told the Wall Street Journal.

"Investors are betting, with the weakening momentum of Apple and RIM shares rise of momentum going up," he continued.

For your information, Monday, January 14, Apple is rumored to have cut the number of components for the iPhone 5. This is done in the company due to lower than expected demand for the iPhone 5. Apple reportedly has cut half the screen of the iPhone 5 orders for the quarter January to March.

To note, RIM's stock at the end of October 2012 was reported at only $ 8 per share and 14 January the company's stock broke through the $ 15 per share. Final words can the BlackBerry maker drew back his throne? we'll wait.
(Amr)

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