"Blackberry is Not Dead" Says RIM Boss

Research In Motion's chief executive ThorstenHeins has dismissed claims that the company is in a "death spiral," stating that "there's nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now".
Speaking less than a week after RIM revealed a quarterly loss of $518 million, Heins told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Metro Morning radio show that the company was going through a transition period.
"This company is not ignoring the world out there, nor is it in a death spiral," he said. "Yes,it is very, very challenged at the moment -- specifically in the US market. The way I would describe it: we're in the middle of a transition."
RIM has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs over the next nine months, representing 30 percent of its workforce. It has also delayed the launch of its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 smartphones until 2013.
Heins told the Metro Morning that, while the company could have rushed out its first BlackBerry 10 smartphone, RIM wanted to make sure its new operating system would last "for the next 10 years".
"The next quarters are going to be difficult," he said. "But I am positive when we launch BlackBerry 10 there will be huge support from our carrier partners, our enterprise customers and we will re-emerge, specifically in the US and Canada, as a very strong player."
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