Andre Yoskowitz
18 Dec 2010 3:49
For the quarter ended November 30th, RIM has said they have shipped 14.2 million BlackBerries, a record quarter for the company.
Year-over-year, revenue surged to $5.5 billion, a rise of 40 percent, but net income rose just 14.4 percent, to $911 million, as the company pushed more low-end devices.
Over the summer, Apple announced it had shipped 14.1 million iPhones, and the company is expected to sell 16 million for the quarter that ends on December 31st. RIM uses a different accounting period.
Despite the strong growth, RIM saw some less-than-stellar numbers in regards to usership. The company added just 600,000 new users for the period.
RIM says it expects to see only slightly higher revenue for the next quarter, of around $5.7 billion.
The company will release the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet during the period.