Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has repeatedly said he would consider the licensing of BlackBerry 10. In a recent interview with German newspaper Die Welt, Heins said he may consider an even broader shift. RIM CEO confirmed the company may consider the sale of their hardware business after the successful launch of BlackBerry 10. ”The main thing for now is to successfully introduce ... »
Earlier today, Research In Motion announced their Q3 2013 earnings. While they had a loss in subscribers, the company has profited. Check out the transcript from the earnings call below: Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Research In Motion Third Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being record... »
Cantech Letters has nominated RIM’s awesome CEO, Thorsten Heins, for the TSX Tech Exec of the Year award! It’s no news that ever since Thor is in control, things at RIM have changed a lot and most of it for the best. We’re so close to the BlackBerry 10 launch, which is a totally new OS and quite a change for the entire BlackBerry community. He’s managed to bring hope back t... »
Research In Motion has just over 2 months to get things in order for the BlackBerry 10 launch. RIM announced they will unveil the first two BlackBerry 10 phones on January 30th. After the announcement, BlackBerry 10 phones will be released shortly thereafter. In a new interview with Engadget, RIM’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, discusses how RIM is prepping the launch and the way the culture has chan... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has been very confident in the success of BlackBerry 10. In an interview with the NYTimes, Heins said he has high ambitions for BlackBerry 10 in the corporate workplace. The company is said to be pitching to corporations the idea of replacing desktops and laptops with BlackBerry 10 devices over time. Heins gives the scenario where BlackBerry 10 phone... »
In an interview with Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, we’re told how BlackBerry 10 will be a solid mobile computing platform and tidbits on its future. Heins describes in the Q&A with CNET how the company plans to regain past BlackBerry users and target new ones. Additionally, Heins briefly tells details for planned BlackBerry 10 devices. Check out the video interview belo... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has truly been going on a media blitz. Though, his most recent one wasn’t quite meeting with the media. Instead, Heins and RIM’s Senior Vice President, Software Product Management, Andrew Bocking, were seen at an NBA Lakers basketball game sporting BlackBerry 10 devices. It’s not entirely clear from the photos if they were using fin... »
Excellent news for BlackBerry fans waiting for the release of BlackBerry 10. RIM’s next-gen operating system has achieved lab entry with 50 carriers and it still on track for Q1 2013 release. Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has issued the following statement: I’m very pleased to confirm that we have passed a critical milestone in the development of our brand new mobile comput... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, recently sat down with BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones. There was nothing short of tough questions at Heins, but the new CEO stood his ground. Heins showed a few short glimpses of BlackBerry 10 on the Dev Alpha B. In one clip you can see how the opened pinned windows scroll vertically if you have more than four. Check out the video below: »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, and other RIM senior executives recently visited Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia to meet with local carriers, key business partners, and media to drum up excitement for the launch of BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry smartphones continue to be highly popular and in demand in Asia Pacific countries, with the region contributing significantly to RIM’... »
Thought BlackBerry Messenger was only going to remain a kickass messaging tool? Think again. According to Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, BBM will have many more capabilities, as he said to “think about transacting money.” Heins discussed how he wanted to continue enhancing BBM to make it “a very strong platform not just for communication, but also to make it a strong platform for ... »
We’ll be live blogging the BlackBerry 10 Jam Americas keynote tomorrow. However, you’ll be able to watch the keynote from the comfort of your own home, and you can always follow along and stick to our live blog for discussing what’s announced. Jam Americas will kick off with the starting keynote from RIM’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, then followed by VP of Developer Relations, Ale... »
While traveling in South Africa, RIM CEO, Thorsten Heins, spoke on the launch of BlackBerry 10. Heins was visiting to brief the local carriers on the company’s plans for launching BlackBerry 10. “South Africa is a priority one market for us, and we will acknowledge that with the launch of BlackBerry 10. There will be three waves in taking it to global markets, and South Africa and Nigeria ar... »
There was a widespread BlackBerry Service Outage today, which may had apparently affected EMEA BlackBerry users. Though, it was mainly reported in the UK on the Vodafone network. Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has issued the following statement: I want to apologize to those BlackBerry customers in Europe and Africa who experienced an impact in their quality of service earlier this... »
Have you been wondering if the largest US carrier would be supporting BlackBerry 10? Verizon Wireless’ Chief Marketing Officer, Tami Erwin, told CNET that the company wants to give consumers more options. Rather than focus primarily on one or two devices, Verizon would like there to be a third ecosystem for its customers to choose from. Erwin confirmed that Verizon Wireless will carry the Bl... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, recently stated there will be six BlackBerry 10 phones released in 2013. However, these six devices may not be completely different devices. I believe the six BlackBerry 10 phones will include multiples of the same device. The same as it has been for every other BlackBerry, where RIM will have a separate model for the GSM and CDMA variant. This theor... »
“Nothing from BlackBerry 7 is in BlackBerry 10, nothing,” said Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins in an interview with eWEEK. Although, Heins added, “that the DNA is still there so the experience will still feel intuitive to longtime BlackBerry users.” Heins additionally reiterated what we’ve come to understand about the end of the home-screen for the go-b... »
BlackBerry 10 will not be making it to the back-to-school market, or even the holiday season. However, Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, doesn’t seem to be worried about missing the holiday season. Why’s that? Apparently, carriers tell Heins that most of their Q4 business is prepaid. Although, the competitors seem to believe otherwise. If what Heins has been told from car... »
Ever since Thornsten Heins became the new CEO of Research in Motion we haven’t been sure what is going to happen to the BlackBerry OS. There have been rumors of other companies buying RIM, licensing of BlackBerry OS and a lot more. We finally have some answers to these as Heins announced today that BlackBerry 10 will soon be ready for licensing. “QNX is already licensed across the automotive... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has unveiled some interesting tid bits during his interview with The Telegraph. Along with discussing how RIM has investigated whether or not to license BlackBerry 10, Heins discussed how the company’seriously’ considered using Android. “We took the conscious decision not to go Android,” Heins said. “If you look at other suppliers’ abilit... »
