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RIM CEO On What Went Wrong

Posted by Unknown on from the second-system-syndrome-is-a-killer dept.

AZA43 writes "After releasing some very ugly financial numbers in late June, BlackBerry-maker RIM went on a media blitz to downplay the significance of its latest earnings and counter increasingly negative media attention. ... But a new Q&A with BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins offers a unique take on what exactly went wrong at RIM — Heins blames the company's downfall [partly] on LTE in the U.S. — and he actually seems genuine in his answers." A peek into the mind of RIM's upper management.

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  1. LTE? by headhot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its not being ready for LTE that kill them, it was the lack of modernizing the user interface and modern phones that killed them.