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WES 2010: Mike Lazaridis Keynote

by Adam Zeis on 28 Apr 2010 12:29 PM
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During yesterday's General Session here at WES 2010, Mike Lazaridis gave a keynote where he talked Bold 9650, Pearl 3G, BlackBerry 6 and a whole bunch more. If you missed our live blog, you can check out the full video here. It is a bit long at over 20 minutes, but its packed with some goodies from RIM you won't want to miss. The highlight of course was the quick video of BlackBerry 6, but if you have the time its definitely worth a watch.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, Special Coverage; Tags: CrackBerry TV, Mike Lazaridis, video, WES 2010
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29 Comments

Posted by Brades Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 760 days ago

let downnn

 
 
Posted by Rob.Elliott Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 760 days ago

BB6 looks promising, and enjoyable to use, in the video. But, I got the feeling at some points that Mike Lazaridis was playing a form of buzzword bingo and not really telling us anything significant, or anything we don't already know.

 
 
Posted by Caspan Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 760 days ago

Thanks for posting the video. Just so you know Vimeo would allow you to upload in it's entirety so you dont have to split using crappy YouTube. You Tube is starting to fail for these kind of things..

 
 
Posted by robnhl Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 760 days ago

For those who want to skip to the BlackBerry 6 bit, it starts around 7:05 in Part 2.

 
 
Posted by goodleader Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Changed the record mike please?

 
 
Posted by jorGeorge Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

He sure ain't no Steve Jobs...

 
 
Posted by Caspan Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Was he supose to be? Mike is himself and a very smart guy in way Jobs is not. Just because you save a company dose not mean your a genius it just means you made the right move at the right time. Jobs could have fell flat on his face but he got lucky. Mike continues to make decision after decision that is successful it's more like Jobs ain't no Mike Liz..

 
 
Posted by kaerfree Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Right, cause capitalizing on new technology and bringing it to the public in ways that made people excited before any one else decided to show interest in the consumer is lucky

 
 
Posted by jorGeorge Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Steve Jobs keeps you interested and excited. Mike is boring and uninteresting.

See the difference?

 
 
Posted by 312 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Failed statement of the day.

Right. Because telling me that this NEW product is "FASTER" and "SMALLER" than the last one I spent $xxx on is SO much more EXCITING and INTERESTING. I love Apple products, but there haven't been anything GROUNDBREAKING for Steve Jobs to make you interested in, lately. iPad? LOL come on, for real? iPhone? Even bigger LOL. Jobs is smoke and mirrors, sorry to say.

 
 
Posted by AJFSTORM Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 759 days ago

Yea like it's exciting when Mike announces that the same phone is coming out in white. Now that's groundbreaking. That's why his new products are carried on every news outlet just like the iPad and iPhone. The only one that deserves a LOL is Mike and your comment.

 
 
Posted by JasW Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 759 days ago

RIM needs better marketing, with better coordination with development. I'm sure they have a Dakota under wraps, and we know there are 9800 sliders out there. They could have at least introduced them and indicated that they will be available sometime later this year. Dell announced their phones a year in advance fer chrissake.

So to an extent, I agree -- at least in terms of a marketing event, WES = FAIL.

 
 
Posted by jorGeorge Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 759 days ago

The products being promoted are IRRELEVANT. I'm talking simply about both of their presentational abilities. Steve could sell you on a tin can for a phone while Mike wouldn't be able to sell a cure for cancer.

 
 
Posted by kaerfree Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 759 days ago

What you fail to realize 312 is that the iPhone and iPad are exciting and interesting. The only difference is you think people share the same opinion as you. All the average person cares about is how fancy the product looks and if it will go on the internet. Jobs knows this which is why mike is playing catch up while jobs is rolling in his mountains of cash. Cashing on peoples ignorance is not lucky and really the only way to stick around in this business.

 
 
Posted by bergeronjc Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 758 days ago

Love Apple or hate them (I LOVE their marketing dept hate the fans) you can't deny Jobs is a brilliant business man. He took Apple from the brink and made them the "IT" tech company of the 21st century.
To say Jobs is lucky is to say Gates got lucky with Windows or Iacoca got lucky with GE or Buffet got lucky with the stock market.

Jobs is one of the most brilliant business men of all time. He ranks with Rockafeller, Gates, Whitman, Iacoca, Walton.

You don't have to like or love Apple, but you can't down play Jobs ability as a business man.

For the record I love Wal-Mart, Palm, RIM and Microsoft in that order.

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

When the second person calls the girl... he kinda... Pelvic thrusts his phone?
He must like that girl alot
lol

 
 
Posted by gregmar Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

for posting this informative video, and making us all feel like were actually there! I enjoyed being able to watch it, and am excited about all the great stuff coming our way!

 
 
Posted by Mr. Orange 645 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Some people will never be happy. No matter what RIM does, some people will continue to whine that RIM is not Apple and the BlackBerry is not iPhone. I thought most of us realized that when we bought our BlackBerry. I mean there was no confusion for me.

In any case, OS6 is looking very promising. I'm excited about the features and no one here can judge how it will compare to other platforms at this point.

 
 
Posted by bergeronjc Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 758 days ago

OS 6 looks AWESOME! But that promo video is so bad it's hard to see what their offering.

 
 
Posted by JRSCCivic98 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

LOL, Adam, did you record this? Whomever it was, I heard/noticed the little snicker when Mike said "Impending bandwidth crunch". lol

 
 
Posted by Brandon 8ch Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Oh...My...God! Now is that Worldwide or only in Canada and USA?

 
 
Posted by ray142 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

I'm Hype about this Blackberry 6. So hard to choose from New Blackberry Bold (Hopefully Verizon will Pick it up) and/or HTC Incredible? I'm a Blackberry user 99%. My first and only device is Storm 9530. It was hard to get used to, Thanks to Crackberry I overcome fustration. I'm also hearing rumors about the iPhone coming to Verizon hmmm. I guess I have to wait for all of the device's to physically show up @ a Verizon Store so I can play with them.

 
 
Posted by 312 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

9650 has already been confirmed to be coming to Verizon. Just look through the blog.

 
 
Posted by ray142 Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 759 days ago

Great!

 
 
Posted by garment69 Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 759 days ago

I was really hoping for a new "hero phone". Updated hardware to go along with the new 6.0. 6.0 looks nice and all, but are we really stuck with 480x360 screens and 550mzh prcessors? Really Mike? Really??

 
 
Posted by madmax7776 Friday, Apr 30, 2010 758 days ago

People who compare Apple and RIM constantly get into arguments because there's little to compare other than the fact that both sell phones.

You can't deny that Apple does an amazing job at building momentum and hype till the very minute Jobs gets on stage, and Apple can thank the whole internet who's responsible for that. The whole web is plagued with rumors and secrecy about Apple, which is exactly what they want. That's why their events are 100x more interesting; because truthfully, despite whatever leaks, no one but their execs knows what's really gonna happen. Unlike most other companies, including RIM, which by the time they hit the stage, everyone and their neighbor know what they're going to tell you. That's why there's lack of real excitement. New phones, OS and apps are leaked (purposely or not) months ahead of time, which really stinks because by the time they're released, they already feel like OLD products. Seriously.

Call Apple or RIM what you want, but both have proven successful business models utilizing different approaches, whether you like it or not. And that's the bottom line.

 
 
Posted by Zipper Friday, Apr 30, 2010 758 days ago

And I think iPhones are pretty cool, would never own one, I have a cool iPOD already that only allows me to use crappy iTunes to transfer anything! :) However, a phone that has brilliant battery life and just plain works!? now that's what I call a Blackberry.

Good marketing on both ends...although I'm getting so sick of that nerd who does the voice over's for iPhone commercials.
Could you sound more boring? And the same damn music. ok Rant over

 
 
Posted by Heckler Friday, Apr 30, 2010 758 days ago

Mike is a very bright guy, but AWFUL as a presenter. To be fair, he really couldn't be all that excited to discuss a warmed over Tour, a cooler looking Pearl, and a white Bold 9700.

Yes, OS 6 looks flashy, but we really don't know anything about it yet. It just looks like they're trying desperately to look like an iPhone.

I like my Tour- even though I had many of the issues that came along with it- but if RIM doesn't step it up, I'll likely move on to another device or company. The only caveat is, I haven't found another device or company that will deliver the email performance I've become accustomed to with my BlackBerry...

 
 
Posted by mattr_95 Friday, Jul 09, 2010 688 days ago

He keeps commenting about how "excited" he is, but he doesn't even smile.