BlackBerry managed to squeeze in one surprise announcement during its huge conference keynote this morning.
BlackBerry needs all the help it can get.
Just a few days of sales data are all that BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins needed to predict that his company would sell huge quantities of its newest, keyboard-equipped smartphone.
Perhaps because the marriage between ThinkPad and BlackBerry seems so natural, another Lenovo executive is hinting that the company would be open to purchasing the beleaguered smartphone company.
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has some serious challenges ahead of him. But when it comes to the prospect of selling ultra-low-cost smartphones in emerging markets such as India and Indonesia, he says BlackBerry won't even try to compete in that segment.
While the new BlackBerry smartphones were the stars of today's launch event, the company isn't forgetting about the PlayBook tablets already on the market.
The company formerly known as RIM has announced the Z10 and Q10, the first devices running its spanking-new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Editor's Pick Research in Motion renamed itself as just BlackBerry, introduced the first BlackBerry 10 phones, and trotted out singer Alicia Keys as its new "global creative director." It was a big press event for the struggling mobile phone maker.
While many industry watchers have suggested that Research in Motion give up its BlackBerry OS and adopt Android instead, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins divulged exactly why the company avoided that route in a recent interview.
While anyone with half a brain can see that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is in trouble, the company’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, doesn’t agree.
“There’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now,” Heins told the Canadian …
Troubled BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion could sell off its handset business to “potential buyers” Facebook and Amazon and focus on messaging services, according to a report from The Sunday Times.
Still relatively new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins (pictured) previously …
Research in Motion is cutting its supply chain up, starting with smartphone manufacturer Celestica, which will stop RIM production completely within the next 3-6 months.
The manufacturer expects to spend around $35 million on restructuring after RIM’s departure.
RIM has …
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion temporarily halted stock trading 15 minutes after the market closed today, and issued a “business update” where it admitted it will “likely have an operating loss” for its fiscal first quarter.
“RIM is going through a …
Amid RIM’s seemingly-unending struggles, the company has seen a light: BlackBerry Messenger.
RIM says that use of its proprietary instant message service has spiked from 5.3 to 55 millions users over the past three years, even as the Blackberry’s user …
If you’ve got a great idea for a BlackBerry app, you might as well go ahead and develop it. If you don’t make at least $10,000 in the first year, RIM will write you a check for the difference.
At …
It’s been a long time coming — today we finally got our first glimpse at Research in Motion’s next-generation platform, BlackBerry 10, which aims to breathe new life into the company’s aging smartphones.
New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins hit the …
Research In Motion, the company behind the ailing Blackberry platform, has hired a law firm to help it with a company-wide restructuring plan aimed at making the company profitable again. The plan could include selling off resources, seeking joint ventures, …
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There is no doubt RIM’s fortunes have been receding of late. The share of BlackBerry smartphones in North America is plummeting (although still strong in other parts of the world) and revenues are down. Competition is fierce. Can new management …
It was a bit of a surprise when former Research in Motion co-chief, Jim Balsillie, resigned from the company at the end of March, but a new report today offers some insight into his departure.
Balsillie was working on radically …
On his first-ever earnings conference call, newly christened Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins seemed to come to terms with the bad hand he’s been dealt and admitted that the company was in need of “substantial change.”
“I’ve been the …
