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Join us Monday at 8am EST for the RIM Conference Call followed by Live CrackBerry Podcast!

By Kevin Michaluk on 23 Jan 2012 12:28 am
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Following the announcement that Thorsten Heins is replacing Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis has the CEO of Research In Motion, the company will be holding a conference call at 8am EST on Monday to discuss the changes. We'll be firing things up here on the CrackBerry homepage with our Live Video Podcasting setup so you can tune in for the call right here, and from there we'll move into a CrackBerry Podcast to discuss all the changes. Don't forget to set your alarm and we'll see you back here at 8am EST Sharp!

Conference Call and Webcast Details

A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET, January 23, 2012, which can be accessed by dialing 1-800-814-4859 (North America), (+1)416-644-3414 (outside North America) or through your personal computer or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 10 am ET by dialing (+1)416-640-1917 and entering passcode 4509630#. A replay of the webcast will be available on your personal computer or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet by clicking the link above. This replay will be available until midnight ET, February 6, 2012.

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BB10FTW

Super Excited!!! Mike and Jim are Great but Thorsten is gonna be so Awesome!!!!!

cl8baller

So thats 5am PST on a day full of class. Then I am guessing 6am CrackBerry podcast. Damn, get that video podcast up quick so we can all watch it later after airing, no edits, just do it.

psiclne

Agreed - no love for the West Coast.

ignites

A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 10 am ET by dialing (+1)416-640-1917 and entering passcode 4509630#. A replay of the webcast will be available on your personal computer or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet by clicking the link above. This replay will be available until midnight ET, February 6, 2012

call in at 7 am PST. Use google talk for free 416 dialing

kennyliu

All I can tell is that it's a very short notice.

MaxPayne79

wouldn't miss this one even if the giants and patriots were playing. ok, that's not true. but i would pop in during the commercials. at least something, right? Am i right? No? lol. GO PATS!!!!!!!!

xXBLACKBERRYXx5

how do u do it with ur playbook???

MaxPayne79

i don't know about you but i use rubbers...for her pleasure cause im sensitive like that.

xXBLACKBERRYXx5

thanks. that answered my question. ill be sure to use a rubber when listening to the conference call. lol

jlb21

I think the next question Kevin needs to ask is when he will be appointed to te Board of Directors!

notinbeta

Is the webcast link working for anyone? I get an error when using the Flash version and with the WMP version it does nothing.

BaconMunch

Everything worked well for me this morning, very nice transition from the call straight to live Podcast. Good work CB team!

zensen

so basically in his old position of COO, he wasn't held back at all regarding his position and his position was a major one at that. In this new position of CEO, he talks about how nothing really needs to change drastically except marketing..... okay then, might as well have kept mike and jim in the CO-CEO position then if thats the case....

newcollector

I disagree with your assessment. He said very clearly that Marketing and Product processes have to improved. Marketing person has to be gotten ASAP and this person will be resposible to take RIM's communication to its enterprise base to a new level and to ramp up the consumer marketing.

I loved how he said RIM is an Integrated Solutions company, that it is more than just a device company which is exactly what it is. It is almost unique among the companies of the world.

He also said he would entertain licensing BB10 to other companies. Processess need to be innovation with prototypes and once a device has been defined, the make the process streamlined to get the device to public in quality and in time. He said they have had the problem of innovating after a device has been defined which has lead to product deadlines being missed.

I think Thorsten is the right man.