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RIM Preparing For Massive Layoffs
Research In Motion is preparing to layoff thousands of people. The company is seeing some of their top senior managers leave the company such as global sales chief Patrick Spence. RIM will lay off at least 2,000 jobs across their worldwide operations as part of a global restructuring initiatives.
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BlackBerry Curve 9320 To Have BB OS 7.1, 2.44-Inch Display, and BBM Button
Research In Motion has announced the BlackBerry Curve 9320. The specs include BB OS 7.1, 3.2-megapixel camera, 2.44-inch 320×240 non-touch LCD display, 1450mAh battery, FM radio, and QWERTY form factor. The phone is small and weighs only 103 grams. The phone also has microSD expandability beyond the 512MB of eMMC. The 9320 has a dedicated BBM key on the side. The 9220 is only 2 megapixels and there is no flash. U.K. carriers will offer the device from PAYG for £140 ($225) starting May 14th and T-Mobile UK will have a 24-month contract option at £15.50 per month. Check out the press release below:
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RIM Announces Kristian Tear As COO and Frank Boulben As CMO
Research In Motion has announced that they have added two people to the management team. Kristian Tear is now the chief operation officer and Frank Boulben is the chief marketing officer. Tear previously worked at Sony Mobile Communications as the executive vice president. Tear also had several different positions at Ericsson. Tear will oversee “all operational functions for handhelds and services, including research and development, products, global sales, manufacturing and supply chain.” Frank Boulben is the former EVP of strategy and marketing and sales for LightSquared. Before LightSquared, Boulben had several positions at Vodafone, Vivendi, and Orange. Boulben will oversee the global marketing at RIM.
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Nokia Files 11 Patent Lawsuits Against HTC, RIM, and ViewSonic
Being number two is not sitting well with Nokia Corporation. Nokia has announced that they have filed 11 lawsuits against HTC, RIM, and ViewSonic across courts in the U.S. and Germany. The lawsuits are in regards to 45 patents Nokia believes are being violated. This is the first time that Nokia has filed cases against any of these companies.
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RIM Showcases New Apps and Dev Unit At BlackBerry World 2012
Above is a photo of RIM’s official dev unit for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The dev unit is a 4.2-inch and 1280 x 768 display. The phone has 16GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM. New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins was the host of the event. People representing 150 countries were in the audience.
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Meet The One BlackBerry Retail Store In North America
On Orchard Lake Rd., one of the busiest roads connecting Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield, Michigan sits a stand-alone BlackBerry store. This store has been open for 5 years. “The store has two full-time employees and is stocked with accessories. For new customers, there is a BlackBerry training room in the back of the store with a whiteboard and a conference table. A television set in the corner, plugged into a PlayBook tablet, displayed a roaring fireplace,” wrote Will Connors of The Wall Street Journal. The BlackBerry retail store is run by Wireless Giant, who pitched RIM on the concept of opening up 100 retail stores. RIM was hit hard by ruthless competition and the global economy as a whole so they ended up just keeping this one retail store. Even though RIM is not as popular as Android and iOS in North America, they are still doing well abroad. This is why the next BlackBerry retail store will be opened up in Dubai and there are four operating in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Jim Balsillie Considered Allowing Wireless Companies Through RIM’s Network Before Stepping Down
Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie considered reinventing RIM by allowing major wireless companies in North American and Europe to provide service to non-BlackBerry devices through RIM’s proprietary network before he stepped down. This would have been a radical shift from the company’s BlackBerry-only strategy.
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What Will RIM Do Now?
The new CEO of Research In Motion may have taken a bite more of what he can chew. There are a limited number of options he has as the leader of RIM. He can try to turn the company around by doing something drastic or try to find a buyer that can do a better job than him. The problem with RIM right now is that their business is in decline.
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RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Steps Down From Board
RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie has stepped down from the board of directors after the company announced their fourth quarter earnings missed on guidance for the fifth fiscal quarter in a row. The company brought in $4.2 billion in revenue, which is $0.4 billion below its guidance. The company said that they will discontinue offering guidance going forward.
RIM is also planning on getting rid of high level staff at RIM. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said “we are undertaking a comprehensive review of strategic opportunities including partnerships and joint ventures, licensing, and other ways to leverage RIM’s assets and maximize value for our stakeholders.”
RIM is also laying off a bunch of high level staff. Sales and marketing teams are at risk as well. RIM shipped 11.1 million smartphones for the quarter.
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Apple Says Their Nano-SIM Standard Will Be Royalty-Free If ETSI Approves
Currently there are two rival nano-SIM designs being developed. There is only room to become an industry standard. Nokia, Motorola, RIM and Apple are all working on their own designs. Apple sent a letter to the European Telecoms Standards Institute (ETSI) to say that they are ready to license their nano-SIM design royalty-free as long as it becomes the new standard and if other nano-SIM patent holders are ready to reciprocate the same. This shows that Apple is not interested in profiting from this format. However Nokia has indicated that they prefer their own design. [FOSS Patents]