Jim Balsillie
Jim Balsillie
James Laurence "Jim" Balsillieis a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former co-CEO of the Canadian company Research In Motion. He is also the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canadian International Counciland the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Following his retirement as co-CEO of RIM in January 2012, Balsillie assumed a director role on RIM's Board of Directors. In March 2012, he resigned from the Board due to strategic differences with RIM's new leader and CEO, Thorsten Heins, who...
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What they're really trying to say is, 'Are we approaching maturity in this market?' And my response is ... we're the farthest thing from maturity in this market.
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China has it's own gestation cycle and you work with it and you respect it.
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No matter what, the BlackBerry service will keep working.
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Our collaboration with Yahoo will deliver increasingly rich content and services, including enhanced support for Yahoo Mail, to BlackBerry customers in over 60 countries.
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It comprises illusory protection for RIM and its partners and requires a lump-sum payment for the theoretical life of the patents, even though the U.S. Patent Office is expected to nullify them.
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I think we're going to see a nice little reaction to this.
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It's a software upgrade that we're very, very comfortable with and we've done focus groups with and we're just finishing testing,
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Settlement has never been an option to date.
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It makes your BlackBerry perform just like your desktop phone.
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We are entering the second half with solid market positioning, strong momentum and an impressive line-up of new products and services.
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We are pleased to expand our relationship with Yahoo! to provide BlackBerry customers with new and enhanced access to Yahoo! services around the world. Our collaboration with Yahoo! will deliver increasingly rich content and services, including enhanced support for Yahoo! Mail, to BlackBerry customers in over sixty countries.
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With the litigation behind us, we're looking forward to building on the momentum we're seeing in early (fiscal) 2007.
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No other technology company other than Apple has successfully transitioned their platform. It's almost never done, and it's way harder than you realize. This transition is where tech companies go to die.
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I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.