RIM CEO Heins says RIM better off with BlackBerry 10 delay

2. A.aoudi posted on 11 Jul 2012, 20:16 0 1

(Little company called Microsoft) LOL what kind of weed does he smoke? I would certainly not mind owning a Lumia compared to crapberry

3. depeche posted on 11 Jul 2012, 20:39 1 1

Windows 8 will roll out in October November along with Windows Phone 7's final chapter.

Windows Phone 8 may even be available before 1Q 2013.

This will give real credibility to MS...

Does Microsoft have a chance to take the third slot?

Has it already?

4. flipjzn posted on 11 Jul 2012, 20:44 4 3

I'm really hoping that BB OS stays.
We will have only three major OSes around- Android, iOS and Windows 7/8.
It's nice to have more options ;)

5. azafirster posted on 11 Jul 2012, 20:52 4 1

This delay will kill them, period.

7. Glim12808 posted on 11 Jul 2012, 21:04 2 0

If Heins does not think BB10 can compete with other OS' flagship devices in Q4 2012, what makes him think it can compete with the same devices in Q1 2013?

And what is confusing about WP 7 / 7.5 / 7.8 / WP 8? Isn't that equivalent to BB 5 / 6 / 7 / BB10?

I am confused!

10. Angkor posted on 11 Jul 2012, 21:36 4 1

Blackberry fall off the RIM.

12. lonestrider posted on 11 Jul 2012, 22:26 3 1

BlackBerry Messenger isn't better than any other messenger.
BlackBerry's power is currently just in there.
I have no reason to use BBM, as it's more expensive, while WhatsApp, Line, Yahoo Messenger, and a lot more is free and/or cheaper and can be used with any powerful OS like iOS, WP, and Android.

13. camera531 posted on 11 Jul 2012, 22:35 7 1

I thought Heins was ketchup. I'm totally confused

19. speckledapple posted on 12 Jul 2012, 07:40 2 0

I must admit i do not see the point of such scorn towards RIM in this article. Sure, they have significant challenges ahead as well as heavy competition to show that they can still offer a compelling option to others. However, as was illustrated they are still selling internationally quite well and are the first choice in many cases. Since the US is not the only market, though it is very important, RIM would for the moment end up much in the same position that Nokia was in for many years (that is selling internationally everywhere while having no identity in the US). And if they successfully bring forth BB10 a return to the US market will change their fortunes. Bottom line is that I would not count such a company out too quickly as they may not be Microsoft but they are certainly no Palm.

22. downphoenix posted on 12 Jul 2012, 13:20 0 0

I agree with him. Launching with an incomplete OS can mean big trouble. It happened to the Playbook and gave it a bad rep even though the problems at launch no longer exist on it.