Will RIM score a perfect 10 today?
RIM is also claiming that the BlackBerry 10's browser will be speedy, even faster than browsers for laptop and desktop computers. According to Papageorgiou, early, independent tests between the BlackBerry 10 and the iPhone support that claim. Regardless of BlackBerry 10's advances, though, the new system will face a key shortcoming: It won't have as many apps written by outside companies and individuals as the iPhone and Android. RIM has said it plans to launch BlackBerry 10 with more than 70,000 apps, including those developed for RIM's PlayBook tablet, first released in 2011.
In constant motion
Research In Motion is banking on BlackBerry 10, a crucial makeover that the company hopes will help with a turnaround. A quick recap as the company desperately tries to regain the market share lost to Apple & Google
Jan 22, 2012: RIM founder Mike Lazaridis and long-time executive Jim Balsillie step down as co-CEOs. Thorsten Heins, a chief operating officer who joined RIM four years ago from Siemens AG, named replacement. Lazaridis and Balsillie remain on the board
March 29: Balsillie resigns. RIM reports a loss of $125 million, its first quarterly loss since fiscal 2005. Heins doesn't rule out a sale
April 26: Prem Watsa,
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