RIM’s new CEO thinks all Android phones are “the same,” won’t sell to Samsung or anyone else
Well, this isn't something you hear every day. According to RIM's brand new CEO, "there is just no room for differentiation because all [Android Phones] are the same. This quote came in response to a question about the company potentially switching to Android, which Thorsten Heins clearly doesn't think is a good idea.
This is especially interesting in light of a recent rumor that Samsung would buy RIM. While Samsung quickly denied the claim, there were still rumors that RIM was up for sale. Now, it appears that is no longer the case. Thanks to the direction of a new CEO, RIM will continue heavily pushing its yet unreleased BlackBerry 10 platform in an attempt to get back into the game.
While I applaud Heins for stepping up and trying to turn RIM around, I have to disagree with his comment about Android devices. In just a couple years, I have seen Android hardware with multiple displays, with keyboards, without keyboards, with 3D, and even with laptop and UMPC form factors. In fact, one of the biggest problems most people have with Android is its fragmentation and diversity. It's all well and good that RIM is going to aggressively compete again, but there's no need to trash on Android to do so.
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