Since yesterday RIM has a new CEO, Thorsen Heins, which replaces the two CEO’s RIM  previously had. Yeap, that’s right, RIM had two heads steering the company into the dark place it’s found today.

    It’s no wonder the market demanded for a change at the top, which came yesterday, but not without consequences: the share value of RIM plummeted by no less than 8%.

    I’m happy that this doesn’t mean the end of the company, which issued a statement from the new CEO that we won’t going to see a complete turnaround of current plans, at least what’s being already in the works. Heins does want to continue what the old CEOs have planed, but probably there’s going to be some change on the weak points of the company in past years: no new innovative devices, and weak apps (numbers and quality at the same time). These changes are needed to keep the company above the waters.

    So Blackberry OS 10 is still scheduled for 2012, with the first smartphone (codename London) being expected somewhere towards the end of this year. Expect also some legacy Blackberry 7 devices (two Curves, from which one will be EDGE only !!!) and two new Playbooks (probably these two).

    Two new Blackberry Playbooks are scheduled for 2012

    Two new Blackberry Playbooks are scheduled for 2012

    The first thing we’re actually keen on seeing is the Blackberry Playbook refreshment, which 3G+ connectivity, but no 4G LTE due to some chipset limitations. A completely redesigned 10 inch Blackberry Playbook will follow towards the end of this year, and will come with a 1.5 GHz CPU and HSPA+ 42Mbps and probably NFC.  These are just rumors, so the specs could be for the revamped 7 inch model. I will keep you posted once more details become available, but right now I bet RIM is working hard on finishing that Blackberry OS 2.0 update for mid-February. It’s about time to get native email, calendar and contacts on the Blackberry Playbook tablet.

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