Thorsten Heins, the new CEO of Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM), has announced that the company is now ready to challenge rival operating systems with its BlackBerry 10 OS at the RIM DevCon Europe.
The developer conference held in Amsterdam is a first for RIM and the biggest so far, with more than 2,000 participants clustering to The Netherlands for the BlackBerry- and PlayBook-centered convention.
Heins, who replaced Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January, jump-started the two-day event with an upbeat keynote speech with his first public appearance as the new CEO of RIM.
“We are ready to compete, make no mistake,” he said. “Upgrades to PlayBook 2.0 and our vision for BlackBerry 10 reflect our commitment to get it right.”
“I wanted to show really my commitment and RIM’s commitment to our developer community because without you the Blackberry solution wouldn’t be complete,” added Heins, assuring that the company is making important long-term choices to fasten its success in the smartphone and tablet market. “Developers are critical to our long term success.”
Heins also said that developers would receive over 25,000 PlayBooks as part of the company’s ramped up effort to support the community, and upcoming events such as ‘hackathons’ will see another set of tablet giveaways.
The developer conference held in Amsterdam is a first for RIM and the biggest so far, with more than 2,000 participants clustering to The Netherlands for the BlackBerry- and PlayBook-centered convention.
Heins, who replaced Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in January, jump-started the two-day event with an upbeat keynote speech with his first public appearance as the new CEO of RIM.
“We are ready to compete, make no mistake,” he said. “Upgrades to PlayBook 2.0 and our vision for BlackBerry 10 reflect our commitment to get it right.”
“I wanted to show really my commitment and RIM’s commitment to our developer community because without you the Blackberry solution wouldn’t be complete,” added Heins, assuring that the company is making important long-term choices to fasten its success in the smartphone and tablet market. “Developers are critical to our long term success.”
Heins also said that developers would receive over 25,000 PlayBooks as part of the company’s ramped up effort to support the community, and upcoming events such as ‘hackathons’ will see another set of tablet giveaways.
Without spilling the beans on a target date, he said that devices with BlackBerry 10 OS are set to arrive “later this year”, with applications ranging for home, cars and smartphones; however, PlayBook OS 2.0 has yet to tip up this month.
BlackBerry handsets topped rival smartphones in the Netherlands, Spain (pre-paid), UK (pre-paid), South Africa, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, claimed Heins.
“I’m thrilled to have been passed the reins by becoming the CEO of RIM. I’m absolutely convinced that RIM has an exciting future,” said Heins to conclude his keynote speech.
BlackBerry handsets topped rival smartphones in the Netherlands, Spain (pre-paid), UK (pre-paid), South Africa, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, claimed Heins.
“I’m thrilled to have been passed the reins by becoming the CEO of RIM. I’m absolutely convinced that RIM has an exciting future,” said Heins to conclude his keynote speech.
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