RIM CEO Thorsten Heins considering options of selling RIM

**xamdam** · 01-26-2013, 02:32 PM

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins commented on the company’s future, saying that they were considering options such as selling off their hardware production branch and licensing out their software, but noted that discussion of final decisions was premature as RIM is interested in seeing how the BlackBerry 10 OS and the Z10 handset fare on the market.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/2...the-iphone-era

**Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes** · 01-26-2013, 02:36 PM

thanks for the update

**GTiLeo** · 01-26-2013, 03:16 PM

this wasn't the first time this was said, its been known since the somer that the option of selling may be there at a worst case scenario

**elmit22** · 01-26-2013, 03:22 PM

cant see it happening for a few years, unless its an hostile takeover

**metz9444** · 01-26-2013, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes

thanks for the update

haha.

// Insert sarcasm//

Sent from my BlackBerry 9900

**battery** · 01-26-2013, 03:25 PM

I heard PB 2.1 was coming soon as well.

Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk

**peter9477** · 01-26-2013, 05:58 PM

I think it's been just over a year since we first heard exactly the same thing. Nothing new here.

**donmateo** · 01-26-2013, 10:51 PM

Every company facing this make it or break it says this to ease tension. It's old news, but your thread title is very deceiving.

**FSeverino** · 01-26-2013, 11:41 PM

thread 1525 on this topic. can we make 1600 before launch?

**Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes** · 01-27-2013, 12:14 AM

People need to stop breaking each interview down by every sentence and creating a rumour thread for each them.

This clearly twists words with the title and content.

It is a thinly veiled attempt to make anyone taking a quick glance believe that RIM is interested in selling itself right now.

**jenks5150** · 01-27-2013, 06:28 AM

RIM will not be sold in 2013. There's no way with the amount of effort they've put into BB10.

To all the people who said RIM would be dead or sold before BlackBerry 10 makes it to market...suck it.

**tdaye** · 01-27-2013, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by jenks5150

RIM will not be sold in 2013. There's no way with the amount of effort they've put into BB10.

To all the people who said RIM would be dead or sold before BlackBerry 10 makes it to market...suck it.

This is what I keep saying, then you get false information like this spread around by @blackberrywatch.

"Lenovo plans to buy BlackBerry-maker RIM http://t.co/EAqwxT6y -- Blackberry Watch (@BlackberryWatch)"

They never said they "plan to buy RIM. "

**jenks5150** · 01-28-2013, 08:33 AM

Lenovo-RIM acquisition rumor squashed following CFO comments | BGR

Here it is, the classic 3-days-later BGR post that goes back on what they reported originally.

**lorax1284** · 01-28-2013, 01:12 PM

I heard Thorsten Heins was going to sell his used underwear on eBay.... oh, and was considering a sale of the hardware manufacturing arm of RIM.

I think both are just rumours though.

**donmateo** · 01-28-2013, 05:31 PM

Dam-mit, he promised ME his undies!

**anthonysira** · 01-28-2013, 06:37 PM

Heins is just saying this to keep confidence in investors that there are extreme financial option when really heins is thinking too bad bb10 is going to be a huge success so u can take that option and go for a walk