iMessage effect

-Shares of Research in Motion fell 3 percent, dropping below $37 for the first time since 2007 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. One analyst Tuesday said iMessage is just the latest breach of RIM’s once-impenetrable armor. The new service “will become one more reason for users to defect from Blackberry in 2012,” Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair said.
BlackBerry Messaging is one of the key reasons you see high numbers of teens and college students using the smartphone, he noted. However, Apple has the numbers to reverse that trend.