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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

RIM's shareholders re-elected to its board


The shareholders of RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry, have re-elected to the board of the company for its annual meeting, the first led by new CEO Thorsten Heins, who faces an uphill battle to relocate to the company's track.

Heins commented Tuesday that the strategic review of RIM is focused on recovering the firm with a revamped product portfolio with its axis placed on the strengths of the company.

At the same time, the executive has acknowledged that the firm will suffer a decline in average selling prices and a drop in service revenue this year as it tries to sell the BlackBerry 7, which have struggled to compete with iPhones Apple and mobile operating system Android.

The shareholders meeting is an opportunity for investors to make the new management tough questions after a year in which the shares fell almost 80 per cent and the share of the firm in the smartphones market collapsed .

Just last week, Heins, that RIM has promised to make an "efficient machine" announced a delay in the launch of the new generation of BlackBerry 10 until early next year. With this model, the Canadian firm hopes to reverse the decline in market share.

The new head of marketing for the firm, Frank Boulben, has tried to take drama to this delay, saying Monday that the delay will give vendors more time to meet the renewed devices before they reach stores.

RIM suffered its first operating loss in eight years and said it would cut 5,000 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce, it struggles to compete with technology giants the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.

Monday, July 9, 2012

BlackBerry App World reaches 3,000 million downloads

 

For a change, some good news on the platform smartphones from Research In Motion, whose future is in question so much lately. Canadian firm announces proudly that his catalog of applications App World has exceeded 3,000 million cumulative downloads since its launch in 2009. There are currently over 90,000 apps for sale on BlackBerry’s App World service.

Friday, June 29, 2012

The Canadian government says it RIM to resolve their problems

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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday that Research In Motion is important for Canada and for the world, but any step to help the manufacturer of next-generation phones with their problems will be taken from the company.

Speaking to reporters in a conference call from Ireland, Flaherty also said he was unaware of proposal to buy the company, but noted that any offer should be reviewed by the Government.

RIM has suffered a contraction in demand for its smartphone BlackBerry, which once dominated the market. On Thursday, the company delayed the launch of the crucial next generation of BlackBerry 10 and announced an unexpected and significant loss in its quarterly operating profit and the dismissal of about 30 percent of its workforce.