The past year has been tough for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM):
- While Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and Google’s (GOOG) Android gained market share in the U.S. in the most recent quarter, RIM saw its market share decline from 19% to 16% of U.S. smartphone customers according to the most recent ComScore numbers reported by CNET.
- Blackberry faced service outages and delays around the world in October.
- The company announced it would take a $485 million charge in December related to promotional action it would be taking due to its high inventory of Playbook tablets.
- And their co-CEO’s recently resigned.
And as the stock price has declined on the Nasdaq from $70.54 last February to a closing price of $16.88 at the time of this article, the hope of a takeover by a larger company may have been on some investors’ minds. These hopes may have dwindled last February when