RIM CEO On What Went Wrong

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.

Re:Apple happened

[alen]

but come on, everyone knows that business people aren't allowed to enjoy themselves on flights. if the IT goons didn't lock down the phones so that you can't do anything on them the company will fall apart? imagine the horror of the director of something using his phone to download a non-IT approved app like Angry Birds to play while on a business trip? the client will freak and pull the business

if you take the power away from the IT goons to lock everything down what will they do? how will they get their power trip on?

He's not *that* honest

[Rogerborg]

I'm curious why you decided to take the helm at RIM?

Surely it should be: Money, Al. Huge, heaving, throbbing piles of money, more money than you'll ever see in your entire life, more money than you can possibly imagine.

No matter how much of this festering dinosaur I have to carve off and throw to the dino-wolves, there will still be more than I can eat, and I'm going to gorge myself on its rotting corpse until we're down to the lips and asshole.

Re:Instead of phones, RIM is now selling jets

[Anonymous Coward]

I just read RIM has sold one of their corporate jets [theglobeandmail.com] in order to stay afloat. That's pretty desperate.

Yes.

Clearly, RIM should have kept all the corporate jets and ask for a government bailout, the same way GM & Chrysler did.

RIM would get bonus points if they actually flew on their corporate jets to go and ask for a government bailout, the same way GM & Chrysler did.

Re:Instead of phones, RIM is now selling jets

[ctrl-alt-canc]

In a related news, to keep the company afloat, corporate jets were replaced with hot air balloons.

Re:I blame

[MightyMartian]

Better than the first choice. Imagine calling out on your Dirty Sanchez Storm.

Re:LTE? How about Android and IPhone

[Anne Thwacks]

The difference is, if you don't believe Ballmer, he can throw a chair at you.

Re:Apple happened

[Kozar_The_Malignant]

I would have thought just the opposite. Any doof can set up an active synch device, but it takes truly l33t skillz to keep a BES environment running. When the PHB's Blackberry goes down, Only You can fix it. BES makes you key personnel. Without it, you're just head count. :-)