Items tagged with Thorsten Heins

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 27, 2013

BlackBerry Chief "Very Disappointed" with $965 Million Loss in Q2, Major Changes Ahead

You have to wonder how much of a beating BlackBerry can take. After another period of struggling to compete with not only Android and iOS, but also having fallen behind Microsoft's Windows Phone platform in mobile market share, BlackBerry on Friday reported a loss of $965 million on revenue of $1.6 billion for its... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 10, 2013

BlackBerry Chief Pleads for Patience as Company Undergoes a "Complex Transition"

BlackBerry, or the company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM), may find itself a Guns 'N Roses fan, and in particular the song Patience. That's what BlackBerry's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thorsten Heins is asking from investors as the company continues to come up short of expectations during what's been... Read more...

by Joshua Gulick - Fri, Aug 24, 2012

RIM Starts Showing Its Make-Or-Break Devices To Carriers

If RIM has any fight left in it, we'll know when the next series of BlackBerry devices comes out. That make-or-break test is still months away, and we're seeing some activity on RIM's part in the run up to the big launch. Rim has shown the new devices to major carriers and is trumpeting what it claims is a positive reaction from them.Don't... Read more...