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Beleaguered RIM delays BlackBerry 10 OS until 2013

Thursday, June 28, 2012 · 5:03 pm · 35 Comments

“RIM announced that its next mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, won’t launch until 2013,” Steve Kovach reports for The Business Insider.

“BlackBerry 10 was originally supposed to debut by the end of this year. RIM was supposed to launch new phones designed specifically for the new operating system,” Kovach reports. “The PlayBook tablet was also supposed to get an upgrade.”

Kovach reports, “This does not look good for RIM. As the company sheds jobs and loses more marketshare to competitors like Apple and Google, it’s becoming more and more clear that the company could be sold before BlackBerry 10 ever sees the light of day.

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Research in Super Slow Motion.

As we wrote back on August 5, 2010: “RIM. Dead Company Walking.”

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Dan K." for the heads up.]

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breeze

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:04 pm · Reply

Flush.
macman1984

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:14 pm · Reply

“the company could be sold before BlackBerry 10 ever sees the light of day”

Who would buy RIM and, perhaps more importantly, why? Seems like a complete waste of money to me (unless you’re going after their patents- but how much can they be worth?).
Ballmer's left nut

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:17 pm · Reply

RIM just put a razor blade to its throat screaming, “I’ll kill myself! I’ll do it! Don’t come near me!”

I mean come on, if that isn’t displaying suicidal tendencies, I don’t know what is.
- Sucker
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:17 pm · Reply
  
  It’s like giving birth after your funeral.
- BMWTwisty
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 8:49 pm · Reply
  
  I’m crestfallen. Oh, the humanity… 8-(
chrish1961

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:18 pm · Reply

From the press release, “Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market…”

Leading maybe…in the wrong direction.
- Moof
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 7:11 pm · Reply
  
  They also announced they are changing their name to Research In Paralysis (RIP)
- nathanhillery
  
  Friday, June 29, 2012 - 12:44 am · Reply
  
  “RIM a world bleeder in the mobile communications market…”
  
  This delay isn’t much of a surprise. They haven’t been executing anything well. I just don’t see any value for any one. If they’re very lucky they might be able to carve a niche for themselves, but it doesn’t look promising. The first step in recovering a capsized boat is to stop attempting to sail as normal.
Tempest

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:19 pm · Reply

Rim also just reported disastrous earnings for the quarter that ended March 3 – sending shares plummeting more than 19% in after-hours trading. RIM had a net loss of $125M, down from a profit of $934M in the period last year, on revenues of $4.2B, down 19%. The net loss of 24 cents a share contrasts with analyst expectations of just a one cent loss. Blackberry shipments, at 11.1M, were down 21% from the previous quarter.
CubsFan

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:22 pm · Reply

As a loyal Apple/Mac user since 1988, I take no pride in seeing companies like RIM suffer and eventually get bought. This website’s attitude sometimes gets a bit snarky for my taste. Great, we ALL KNOW Apple’s products are the best. That’s why we come to the site…to get news. I don’t take joy in any company suffering, because companies are made up of PEOPLE. The line workers and behind the scenes people are the ones that suffer. In RIM’s case, I too think the company will get sold soon. To whom? Not sure. But the point is that I take no satisfaction in the suffering of other companies JUST BECAUSE I am an Apple user. Sometimes I feel the web site rejoices a bit too much when other companies fail instead of focusing on the tremendous technology that Apple (and others) create for us, the consumer. Just my two cents. Of course, I could be wrong.
- I love Apple
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:26 pm · Reply
  
  Most people come here to have fun and to read MDN’s great Takes. I love the attitude of this website.
- Dmitri
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:28 pm · Reply
  
  100% agree with you
- Artist
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:38 pm · Reply
  
  Agreed, like the “More blood on the click wheel” Comments. Pretty lame
- MacHeadB
  
  Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:18 pm · Reply
  
  I love MDN’s take. If you don’t recal not long ago the dilusional attacks made by RIMM to Apple.
  
  RIMM talked the Talk but they can’t walk the walk.
  
  Time for Microsoft to blow some more Billions on this quickly sinking ship.
- el Tritoma
  
  Friday, June 29, 2012 - 9:10 am · Reply
  
  never forget rim’s “amateur hour is over” commercials. they brought it upon themselves with their hubris.
- Derek Currie
  
  Friday, June 29, 2012 - 2:25 pm · Reply
  
  Sometimes I feel the web site rejoices a bit too much when other companies fail
  
  The general spirit here is enthusiasm in bashing back the industry that has ridiculous bashed Apple since 1984. It’s a reflex action. Triumphant behavior is natural.
  
  Also, as I’ve pointed out previously, snarkiness is a most favored, enjoyable and successful method of ripping trolls to shreds. The Mac community has consistently had to deal with the worst of all possible trolls. We’re used to it.
  
  In the end it’s competition. And as I often say: Competition is the father of innovation. Woe be the day that Apple has no competition. I believe we get particularly nasty toward certain companies because their idea of ‘competition’ is merely imitation.
  
  Then there are the companies that deserve to DIE because of their blatant and consistent evil perpetrated against either Apple or the entire computer community. Today’s favorite villains are Microsoft and Samsung. Google keeps insisting upon joining in as well.
  
  I think of sites like this one as having a persona. Most of us IRL (in real life) are super nice, kind and helpful people. I, for example, help out the local PC (versus Mac) user group with presentations and talks about computer security, networking and games. I just retired from three years on their board of directors. I’m going to be starting a Mac SIG (special interest group) with the UG in the fall because the local Mac UG went comatose. No way am do I flame good people using Windows IRL. Anyone is fortunate to have any kind of computer.
Zmarc

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:25 pm · Reply

Man, can’t these guys do anything right? Even a mediocre 10 would staunch the blood flow a little. Delaying it, and announcing it six months in advance, is just crazy.

Now expectations will be even higher so 10 will have to be a super-OS, better than iOS or anything else, or the company will really tank. And of course we know it will suck, which means the company is doomed.
JB

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:27 pm · Reply

BlackBerry (RIM) as we know it now will not exist 12 months from today. You can mark that down and book it as a certain fact. They’re now officially on their death bed with today’s announcements.
hannahjs

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:27 pm · Reply

Huh. Last month’s “simulation” of the forthcoming BB 10 (shades of Microsoft) had the tech-noobs crossing their fingers and hoping for a resurgent RIM—a champion—a worthy challenger to Apple (who absolutely must be stopped! for some reason).

The delay can only mean that RIM believes the product to be a washout.
ken1w

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:28 pm · Reply

By announcing a whole new “BlackBerry 10 OS” in advance, you were killing sales of existing product (even more). By announcing it will be delayed until 2013, you just committed suicide. Who would buy a RIM device now?
TimD

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:34 pm · Reply

Bloodbath, in happier related news the iPhone has its 5th Birthday tomorrow.
Chas

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:36 pm · Reply

Might have well said it’s delayed unto 3013—no bugger is going to buy it. Far too little, far too late!

=:~)
Mackalicious

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:41 pm · Reply

It’s not going to be sold. Who wants a dying platform? Their best bet is to see how much they can garner for their IP.
Mac Plus

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 5:53 pm · Reply

2013. Wow. I wonder where the puck will be by then.
RIP RIM.
Follower

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:41 pm · Reply

I agree with everyone here. This is the official death knell.
KenC

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:45 pm · Reply

Wow, they needed it back in 2005. They’re just killing themselves. How can it take so long after we already saw the Playbook? Did all their software engineers jump ship already?
mr white

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 7:00 pm · Reply

One question: Is amateur hour over yet?

They deserve everything they’ve got coming to them. Won’t shed the tiniest tear when they are gone. Ha, ha, ha.
The Other Steve

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 7:03 pm · Reply

If BlackBerry 10 isn’t ready then they made the right choice. Better to cook it and debut a quality product than be slammed for releasing beta software. But they don’t have breathing time now. To survive, the managers need to get out of the way of whatever quality design people you have left and come up with an insanely great product. If they succeed in doing that, they will find enough customers to keep them alive.

Wow, did I just use the words BlackBerry 10 and quality product in the same post? Man RIM you have some real work ahead of you.
BoC

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 7:40 pm · Reply

The execs at RIM have absolutely no playbook for the corporation.

I am astounded the shareholders didn’t get rid of the board a year or 2 at the most after the iPhone release. You did not need to be a genius to see the future staring you in your laptop screen in January 2007.

The long line of digital dinosaur extinctions is about to get longer. When shareholders run for the door, you know it is over.
mrbezoar

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 8:25 pm · Reply

So, how exactly do you go about shorting a stock?