Can a new mobile operating system pull Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry devices, out of its current funk? Not only has the company been steadily losing market share to competitors with flashier phones — namely Apple and makers of Android handsets — but its worldwide network recently experienced technical difficulties that left some of its customers without service for as long as three days. It was against that backdrop that RIM CoCEO Mike Lazaridis announced Tuesday at the company’s developers conference a new operating system for future BlackBerry models.
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RIM Gambles on Android-Loving Frankensystem
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. October 19, 2011 08:58 AMCan a new mobile operating system pull Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry devices, out of its current funk? Not only has the company been steadily losing market share to competitors with flashier phones — namely Apple and makers of Android handsets — but its worldwide network recently experienced technical difficulties that left some of its customers without service for as long as three days. It was against that backdrop that RIM CoCEO Mike Lazaridis announced Tuesday at the company’s developers conference a new operating system for future BlackBerry models.