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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 the majority of silicon.com... [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 Qwerty keyboards. [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 iPhone… [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 BlackBerrys anywhere... [14 May 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News RIM president Mike Lazaridis said: "The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smart phones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and functionality, all wrapped in a beautiful and confident design. [13 May 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment RIM's Balsillie gets to the point: "My partner and I Mike Lazaridis have been doing the BlackBerry thing for 16 years," he begins, establishing his credentials before moving off to talk about Facebook. [14 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys are an escape tool, says RIM chief
News That's the view of Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of BlackBerry maker RIM. Lazaridis said: "This is a misunderstanding about BlackBerry. Lazaridis said: "Five years from now we will not need our phone on our desk - we will only need a BlackBerry to connect... [02 Nov 2007]
RIM plugging into your business' PBX
News Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive at RIM, said: "This new developer tool meets the needs of the .NET developer community, as well as enterprise customers, by enabling the development of BlackBerry applications within the familiar... [10 May 2007]
RIM co-CEO: Mobile apps are the future
News Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-chief executive, said: "Push email paved the way for the early success of this market but mobile applications will drive the next phase. The range of applications available for BlackBerry devices looks set to expand, after... [29 Mar 2007]
RIM chairman resigns over stock options
News Balsillie and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis have also "voluntarily offered to assist RIM in defraying costs incurred in connection with the review and the restatement" by contributing up to 5m Canadian dollars (£2.2m) each. [06 Mar 2007]
RIM co-CEO warns of 'data obesity' doom
News In a keynote address given at GlobalComm, a telecommunications trade show in Chicago, Mike Lazaridis told attendees carriers need to be very careful how they roll out wireless internet services. But Lazaridis warned that as wireless data usage... [06 Jun 2006]
RIM CEO: 'China's RedBerry is no threat'
News According to Mike Lazaridis, RIM's founder and co-CEO: "People are getting fed up with it. Customers however are sticking with RIM, Lazaridis added, despite warnings from Gartner that enterprises should resist deploying the BlackBerry for mission... [18 May 2006]
RIM advertises its patent displeasure
News In the open letter attributed to RIM's co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, RIM said it was "pleased to put this matter behind us and remove any uncertainty from our customers' minds". RIM took out a full-page advertisement in eight US... [15 Mar 2006]
RIM makes a million
News Mike Lazaridis, president of RIM, said in a statement: "This is an important threshold for BlackBerry and even a positive industry indicator, since BlackBerry is now the first integrated wireless data platform to reach the one-million-subscriber... [05 Feb 2004]
