HSBC bank says it's sticking with RIM's BlackBerry
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 2:30 PM ET
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HSBC, one of the world's largest banking and financial services companies, has no plans for its global workforce to stop using Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphone in favour of Apple's new iPhone, a spokesman said.
"There are no current plans to replace the BlackBerry," HSBC spokesman Donal McCarthy said Tuesday from the bank's headquarters in London.
"It is the business standard."
A recent report by ZDNet Australia, which covers business technology news, said HSBC was considering ditching the BlackBerry and switching 200,000 employees to the iPhone.
Apple's new 3G iPhone was rolled out in July and has an e-mail system similar to the BlackBerry's.
RIM, based in Waterloo, Ont., is known for pioneering secure push e-mail, which goes automatically to its wireless hand-held devices without a user having to download the messages.
Apple's touch-screen iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry are competing against each other and other smartphones in both the consumer and business markets.
On Thursday, Rogers Wireless will unveil the new, high-speed 3G BlackBerry Bold that's aimed at global business users who want features such as fast internet access, GPS and video.
Rogers is the only carrier in Canada with the network needed to operate the BlackBerry Bold, and it hasn't yet unveiled its pricing for the new smartphone.
Pricing could be a sore spot for Rogers. Also the only Canadian carrier of the iPhone, Rogers ended up cutting the fee for its iPhone data plan for a limited time after consumer complaints.
RIM is expected to launch its answer to the iPhone this fall with a touch-screen model called the Thunder.
Shares in RIM were trading at $134.60 Tuesday mid-afternoon, down 96 cents on the Toronto Stock Exchange, while Rogers had fallen 37 cents to $35.40. Apple shares were up 2 cents US to $175.41 on the Nasdaq exchange.
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