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Another U.S. agency dumps RIM (despite its fancy PlayBook-integrated Porsche)

By Frances McInnis
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Once again, Research in Motion is having a rough week. First, Politico reported that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is set to switch its smart phone of choice from the BlackBerry to the iPhone. Then the company underwhelmed at the Mobile World Congress, where it had neither new products nor news on the long-awaited BB10 devices (though a RIM exec did flaunt the tricked-out, PlayBook-integrated Porsche 911). At this point, high-profile defections by government agencies and lame trade show appearances are nothing new for Canada’s beleaguered tech giant. So, RIM, if you’re going to blunder, we’d prefer if you had the decency to be creative about it. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »

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