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Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo Speaking at a press briefing in Bochum today, Mike Lazaridis said the one common request of users of the original Bold was 'can't you make it a little smaller'? The trackball has also been swapped for a trackpad which... [21 Oct 2009]
RIM: "literally pulled into the consumer space"
News In a talk Wednesday at the D: All Things Digital conference, CEO Mike Lazaridis talked about the company's move from making email devices for executives, to making phones for the masses. We had to disguise these things... [28 May 2009]
RIM execs to pay $74m in stock-backdating case
News Co-chief executives Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, chief financial officer Dennis Kavelman, and finance director Angelo Loberto have agreed to contribute $31m to RIM for the benefit they received from the incorrectly... [06 Feb 2009]
2008: The year in mobile
News Meanwhile BlackBerry-maker RIM has also felt winds of change - with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis telling silicon.com Qwerty keyboards are the future - only for the company to launch a touchscreen device a few months later, the... [30 Dec 2008]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, discussing touchscreen technology in an interview with silicon.com - several months before the launch of the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm January There are very few companies that understand... [23 Dec 2008]
Kurzweil's future, iPhone love, NHS IT, ID card insecurity
News While Lazaridis and chums may still have had an "excellent quarter", according to the analyst report, playing second fiddle to the new kid on the block has gotta hurt. Still, it was hard to avoid the fact there were... [25 Nov 2008]
BlackBerry apps get their own online store
News RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis gave the 700 registered developers sound but strange advice. The key to successful BlackBerry development isn't just good programming, Lazaridis told the room, it's physics.... [22 Oct 2008]
Photos: RIM does first touchscreen BlackBerry
Photo The Storm - previously codenamed the BlackBerry Thunder - sports a 'clickable' touchscreen which RIM believes solves the problem of touchscreen users confusing navigation and confirmation, according to co-CEO Mike... [08 Oct 2008]
'BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's idea': RIM co-CEO
News Speaking to silicon.com back in May, Lazaridis was apparently dismissive of the tech, saying: "We have to be realistic about the history of this technology. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis and Vodafone's... [08 Oct 2008]
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
AS Profile Surprising as it may sound, this is the first year on the Agenda Setters list for Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the co-CEOs of BlackBerry-maker RIM. Long overdue, the Agenda Setters panel picks... [07 Oct 2008]
Is BlackBerry taking a leaf out of Apple's book?
Comment And here's co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, right on message, also chatting to silicon.com earlier this year: "I think what happened was the amount of marketing and the attention they [Apple] generated in the market - the... [14 Aug 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News Speaking to silicon.com last month, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker RIM, Mike Lazaridis, claimed Qwerty keyboards on mobiles are only going to get more important as smart phone use ramps up. Qwerty keyboards find favour with... [02 Jun 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News Speaking to silicon.com in an exclusive interview, RIM's Mike Lazaridis also poured cold water on iPhone-style touchscreen tech ("this is not new… this has been tried before") - and claimed the future of mobile lies with... [30 May 2008]
RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing
Comment At the conference, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis caught up with silicon.com reporter Natasha Lomas to tell us why he believes smart phones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the... [16 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Speaking at RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) in Orlando, Florida, the BlackBerry maker's co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said the company's vision is "no less than maintenance-free BlackBerry" - or "the ability to deploy... [14 May 2008]
