Analysts speculate Microsoft could buy rim, BlackBerry Maker

May 8--Some analysts have speculated that Microsoft could soon buy rim, the BlackBerry maker, as a result of the recent release of the Playbook tablet and the bold announcement this week that it has not sparked investor enthusiasm, according to foreign media reports. The speculation was sparked by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, who attended the rim BlackBerry World Congress in Florida State this week, Ballmer.　　This Conference is the annual meeting of Rim customers, developers and partners. RIM's shares fell after the company cut its quarterly revenue forecasts last week.　　Few people buy RIM's stock, prompting some analysts to say Rim's shares are the last to fall and fit to buy. Analysts said Mr. Ballmer's presence at the BlackBerry World Congress suggested the acquisition would disappear in the next few months.　　If RIM's market capitalisation (about $24 billion trillion) has been falling at its current rate, RIM's market capitalisation will quickly drop to $15 billion trillion, these analysts say. According to Parks Associates, a marketing consultancy, Microsoft currently has 48 billion dollars in cash. If RIM's market capitalisation drops to $15 billion trillion, it will be Microsoft's tempting takeover target.　　Perhaps Ballmer the seed when he gave a speech at the BlackBerry World Congress.　　And because its main competitor, Apple, is now worth more than $320 billion trillion, analysts say the size of the economy has made rim unable to compete with the world's largest technology company for research and development spending. Further, as computing the transition from desktop computers to laptops and now to smartphones and tablets, Microsoft has realized that if it is to survive it must go into the mobile arena. To achieve this goal, Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 7 and has established a strategic alliance with Nokia, the world's largest handset maker.　　Nokia will take Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as its main smartphone strategy. If Microsoft is to compete with Apple and Google in Mobile, Microsoft needs to target hardware makers like rim.　　RIM is compliant because RIM will bring Microsoft a huge corporate user base. Analysts say Rim has just announced a partnership with Microsoft to take Bing as its default search engine for smartphones. This is a clear indication that something will happen in the coming months.