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During a recent interview, RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis is the first to admit the bumpy road the BlackBerry Storm took following launch, but is adamant that the future of their touchscreen lineup remains bright with the help of continual improvements. In terms of more recent news, Lazaridis addressed the App World as a glowing success, and gives the nod to future possibility of payment methods through carriers rather than PayPal. In classic RIM style, he brushes off the competition, implying Apple’s lack of multitasking and true push support to be eternal thorns in their side, and that new players, like Dell, are in for a wild ride if they’re honestly thinking about entering the smartphone game. Lazaridis is confident as ever about RIM’s position these days, but let’s face it, it’s pretty much his job to put on that front. We’ll have to see what Research in Motion brings to the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in a few short weeks to see if they’ve got anything to really wow us with. The BlackBerry 9630 “Niagara” would be nice, but it’ll be a shrugworthy show if that’s all they’ve got.
[via Laptop Magazine]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
