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BlackBerrys feeling the squeeze as smartphone rivals smarten up
News Balsillie said profits fell four per cent in the second fiscal quarter due in large part to charges associated with a legal settlement. RIM's co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, said the company is still in very good... [25 Sep 2009]
Balsillie on open source, app store pricing and the next Storm
Comment Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker RIM sat down with silicon.com's Jo Best at RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando to talk about touchscreen devices, CIOs and the future of the BlackBerry. [06 May 2009]
Forget the fancy hardware as CIOs say: 'show me the money'
News According to the BlackBerry maker's co-CEO Jim Balsillie, the company has seen the economic downturn spur IT chiefs into taking a 'show me the money' approach. Security too has risen up the corporate agenda as a result... [06 May 2009]
What's in store for the home of mobile apps?
News But while RIM, for example, is launching BlackBerry App World with the money flowing outside of the carrier's control through an exclusive relationship with PayPal, co-CEO Jim Balsillie made it clear he would find a way... [06 Apr 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]
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 Lazaridis and... [07 Oct 2008]
RIM chasing Apple with "lifestyle" features?
News And now the company is trying to win the hearts and minds of consumers, not only with new phones - like the flip-style Pearl 8220, which was announced on Wednesday, or the BlackBerry Bold, which recently launched - but it's also loading... [12 Sep 2008]
Is BlackBerry taking a leaf out of Apple's book?
Comment Even RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie suggested a clam BlackBerry would be an incongruous beast - telling silicon.com back in May: "While you're asking if there's going to be a touch device, why not ask if there's going to be a... [14 Aug 2008]
RIM quiet on touchscreen BlackBerry rumours
News But RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie refused to be drawn on the touchscreen BlackBerry issue. Balsillie added: "While you're asking if there's going to be a touch device, why not ask if there's going to be a flip? [14 May 2008]
SAP apps to show up on BlackBerrys
News According to co-chief executive of RIM, Jim Balsillie, RIM is "bringing the unique benefits of the BlackBerry platform to SAP applications, providing organisations with the security, manageability, efficiency and 'push'... [06 May 2008]
RIM doubles quarter profits
News However, Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, noted on a conference call that RIM is starting to develop more of a following among consumers, expanding beyond its typical business users. BlackBerry maker RIM has reported good... [03 Apr 2008]
Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits
News Speaking at the world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress - back in February, BlackBerry-maker RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie, said a B2B social networking revolution is on the way. BlackBerry users... [02 Apr 2008]
The mobile industry in its own words
News Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - took place earlier this month in Barcelona. Here's a flavour of the topics on the minds of some of the industry's... [22 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment First stop is with RIM to find out what co-CEO Jim Balsillie has to say about mobile services after bagging an early morning video interview with Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford. Yep, CIOs are going to have to get down with... [14 Feb 2008]
BlackBerry backs the social networking 'revolution'
News The secret of the BlackBerry's success is security, according to RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie - but social networking is its future. Balsillie warned: "If you don't address this you don't get to be... [13 Feb 2008]
