Tag archive: Thorsten Heins

It's been a bumpy week for RIM. On Sunday, the Canadian smartphone maker's co-CEOs tried their best to quietly resign and hand over the CEO position to their former Chief Operating Officer, Thorsten Heins. For months, investors and journalists have been calling for Research in Motion's co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis — who have each taken turns running the company since it was founded in 1991 — to step… Read More

Taking picture messaging to a new level, the SF65 has a state-of-the art SXGA 1.3 mega pixel camera with integrated LED flash, 4x continuous digital zoom and a 65,000 color TFT display. Coupled with the latest mobile features, this innovative handset brings together the best of the photographic and mobile world in a striking and compact package. Aiding the metamorphosis from phone to camera, the SF65 uses a simple swivel action to transform… Read More

Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced a new licensing program that allows other device manufacturers to incorporate BlackBerry software applications in addition to supporting BlackBerrywireless services. Through the BlackBerry Built-In licensing program, mobile device manufacturers can incorporate various BlackBerry applications into their own phones or handheld devices includingBlackBerry Email, BlackBerry Calendar and BlackBerry… Read More

Siemens mobile unveiled two new mobile phones for the European and Asian markets at an international media launch in Berlin today: the SL65 slider phone and the new clamshell CFX65 with LED photoflash. From Siemens' press releases: Siemens SL65: The SL65 makes a bold first impression with its design. At the heart of this is the innovative slider mechanism but once you open the phone you experience technology of the… Read More

Siemens and RIM will work together to provide integrated data connectivity capabilities on Siemens mobile phones using BlackBerry email, calendar and browser applications. Siemens plans to introduce a BlackBerry-enabled handset based on its own 65 platform for mobile phones in the fourth quarter of 2004. RIM's BlackBerry Connectâ„¢ licensing program will help Siemens enable its wireless phones to connect to email and corporate data… Read More