8 posts and columns on Jim Suva

BlackBerry Torch: Quest for Fire

in Mobile on August 16, 2010 at 12:35 pm PT

Good thing the success of Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Torch hinges more on volume sales to enterprise than lines-around-the-block launch-week pandemonium, because the latter is evidently nowhere to be found.

RIM’s BlackBerry Jam

in Mobile on April 1, 2010 at 11:21 am PT

Research in Motion’s disappointing fourth-quarter results have inspired a somber mood today among analysts who follow the company. Seems news of the company’s lower phone shipments has compounded fears that it is losing ground to Apple’s iPhone and the conga line of new Android handsets that have debuted recently.
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100,000 Droids Dropped During First Weekend

in News on November 10, 2009 at 7:36 am PT

The Droid invasion appears to be going according to plan. Motorola’s new Android-based handset arrived at Verizon Wireless stores last Friday and analysts say it’s selling quite well. Indeed, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie estimates Verizon sold about 100,000 Droids in its first weekend.
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Palm: On a Road to Recovery or a Highway to Hell?

in News on November 2, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

With Palm’s shares up more than 900 percent since January, they were destined to suffer a correction someday. And now it seems that day has finally come. Shares in the handset maker fell some 23 percent last week amid concerns about increased competition from Google’s Android operating system, which is being rolled out on a number of devices at a variety of carriers, including Palm partner Sprint.
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RIM: Citi Says Outlook "Binary"; Coin Toss, Anyone?

in News on October 21, 2008 at 12:11 pm PT

The “binary” outcome of RIM’s dilemma, according to research done by Citigroup’s Jim Sava, rests largely on whether or not Bold and Storm, the company’s widely anticipated new products, hit the market in time for the holidays. From there, in either case, the flowchart of scenarios and corresponding percentages–do consumers like the product? do profits go up?–become overwhelming. And of course, the company has recently changed its strategy and business model–it’s now a consumer company. Given that, it still boils down to Suva’s coin toss. Heads: earnings up; tails: earnings down.

BlackBerry Bold to Rival iPhone in 3G Reception Issues

in News on August 25, 2008 at 6:13 am PT

If misery loves company, then Apple may have a friend in RIM. A Citigroup analyst who has tested the company’s forthcoming BlackBerry Bold claims that the device is troubled by 3G reception woes similar to those plaguing Apple’s new handset. A noteworthy data point, since Bold will initially run on AT&T’s wireless network, just as the iPhone does.

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Citigroup Tests, Likes RIM's "Bold," But It's No Game-Changer

in News on August 20, 2008 at 12:51 pm PT

What’s the killer app on a BlackBerry? Citigroup analyst Jim Suva has a note out today detailing his experience testing the forthcoming Research in Motion (RIMM) BlackBerry–the “Bold.” He says one of his tests involved watching the comedy movie “Talladega Nights” about race car driver Ricky Bobby, which showed off the pretty screen on the device.

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RIM's "Bold" Sets Up Strong Second Half, Says Citi

in News on August 8, 2008 at 12:21 am PT

Not that you’d notice it from yesterday’s stock action, but Citigroup analyst Jim Suva thinks BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion is setting itself up for a strong second half of the year with the introduction over the next several weeks of its 3G version of the BlackBerry, the “Bold.”