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A new BlackBerry tablet? Don’t bet on it

Don’t hold your breath for a sequel to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Speaking to the press yesterday during the BlackBerry 10 launch event, CEO Thorsten Heins wasn’t particularly upbeat about tablets. “The tablet business is rather difficult,” he conceded. Related stories RIM ditches old name, becomes BlackBerry Only 1 in 8 would consider a BlackBerry 10 device, says poll Meet …

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Research In Motion is no more: “We are BlackBerry”

The company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM) will take on the more recognisable name of its product range and be known as BlackBerry going forward. BlackBerry CEO Thorstein Heins in New York. (Credit: Joseph Hanlon/CNET Australia) “From this point forward, RIM becomes BlackBerry,” CEO Thorstein Heins announced during an event to showcase the company’s new BlackBerry 10 operating …

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