Thorsten Heins is a German businessman and the former chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. He stepped down as CEO of BlackBerry and was replaced by John S. Chen on November 4, 2013. Heins is now the CEO of Powermat Technologies... (wikipedia)
Now if you go exactly where your competitors are, you're dead.
Future is mobile computing - smartphones and tablets are just elements of it. The industry is on the verge of a whole new paradigm.
A good browser, apps, good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone is just expected today.
In a maturing market it's not advisable to be always everybody's darling, because you get too thin.
When you say we're bringing a product to market, you make sure you execute.
One of the misconceptions about BlackBerry is that it's your parents' smartphone.
You have to respect all your competitors.
In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,
History repeats itself again I guess the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don’t innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about is now five years old.
At the very core of RIM is the innovation. We always think ahead. We always think forward. We sometimes think the unthinkable. And that is fantastic.
The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about is now five years old.
In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model,