RIM CEO on BlackBerry Storm: "nobody gets it perfect out the door"

Posted under Editorials on Thursday, 16 April 2009 by admin

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA, BlackBerry OS

If there’s ~~one~~ two things we love, it’s hearing RIM’s own Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis open their gaping traps. While the former was sufficiently panned back in January for exclaiming that buggy smartphone software was simply the “new reality,” his partner in crime may have just done him one better. In a recent sit-down with Laptop Mag, Mike was specifically asked to address that aforementioned quote. His response? “That’s our first touch product, and you know nobody gets it perfect out the door. You know other companies were having problems with their first releases.” If you’re struggling to translate that into layman speak, allow us: “Tough luck, early adopters!”

As the interview progressed, the co-CEO took the opportunity to snub Apple on its inability to get Push Email out early on, noting that BlackBerry OS has “constantly been underestimated” and was “designed to multitask from day one.” He also stumbled all over himself when it came to speaking about the BlackBerry’s web browser, stating that “by writing our browser in Java, that provides our CIOs and wireless managers the assurances they need, to allow the browser to access internal information at the same time it accesses external information.” We’ve literally meditated on that for a solid half-hour, and we still have absolutely zero idea what it means in English. Nevertheless, the whole thing is a pretty great — if not comical — read, so give it a look and share your colorful opinions in comments below.

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