| RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise Mar 30th 2012, 14:41 Some people got the wrong idea yesterday when RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins said the company was refocusing on the enterprise market and would stop trying to be "all things to all people." Many took the post-earnings call comment to mean that RIM would be exiting the consumer market, an assumption that didn't seem like much of a stretch considering its failure to capture the imagination of users outside the office place. Things weren't made any better when Heins seemingly left the door open for the manufacturer to leave the hardware business entirely. However, in a statement, managing director of global sales and regional marketing Patrick Spence clarified that "the claim that RIM has said it will withdraw from the consumer market is wholly misleading." He continued to explain that, "whilst we announced plans to refocus our efforts on our core strengths, and on our enterprise customer base, we were very explicit that we will continue to build on our strengths to go after targeted consumer segments." In particular there still seems to be hope that BBM can become a staple in the lives of young trend setters, but it'll probably need some help from cross platform clients to do so. RIM sticking with consumer goods, just 'refocusing' on enterprise originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  The Register, Pocket Lint | Email this | Comments | | Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut Mar 30th 2012, 14:13 An unreleased gadget is pretty easy to conceal, but an upcoming automobile? Not so much. Thanks to some quick reflexes, you're looking at the first spy shots of Fisker's second and smaller plug-in hybrid sedan, heretofore known as Project Nina. Last we heard, the BMW-powered auto had been put on life-support, as the remainder of the company's DOE loan evaporated as it failed to meet timely deadlines in bringing its first EV, the Karma, to market. That could mean the above is a mere concept designed to woo potential investors -- but with less than a week before its supposed New York auto show debut, it won't be long until we know for sure. Until then, ogle at more eye candy of the beaut over at Autoblog in the source link below. Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Autoblog | Email this | Comments | | Engadget Podcast 287 - 03.29.2012 Mar 30th 2012, 14:01 You know those shows where we're all iPad this, iPhone that? This isn't one of them. Today we're doing it all, heading to the department store of consumer electronics news categoies and picking random stuff off the shelves of all ten floors to chat about until someone from the UK calls or tweets @us to distract us into talking about something else. And yes, we did stop by the Apple floor for a few minutes too. So sue us ( lawsuit joke). Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater Guests: Dana Wollman, Dan Cooper, Richard Lai Producer: Trent WolbeMusic: Orbital - Never00:02:55 - The Engadget Show 31: Douglas Rushkoff, Sony, iRobot, MWC and air combat00:04:58 - Sony pulls another game from PlayStation Store after new Vita exploit found00:09:43 - Best Buy to close 50 big box US retail stores, open 100 Mobile stand-alone outlets in 201300:18:15 - Samsung ships five million Galaxy Notes in just five months00:25:45 - RIM putting BlackBerry 10 test units in developers' hands in May00:29:58 - Apple offers refund over Australian 4G iPad confusion00:33:25 - Tim Cook pays a visit to a Foxconn factory, smiles for the camera00:37:35 - Nokia unveils the Lumia 800 in China, calls it the 800C00:42:39 - US Judge rejects Hasbro / ASUS sales ban, Transformer Prime prevails01:03:46 - Boston Dynamics lies down with BigDog, gets giant fleas (video) Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [ RSS MP3] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [ RSS AAC] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [ Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace. Engadget Podcast 287 - 03.29.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | |
