“[Apple and the iPhone is] kind of one more entrant into an already very busy space with lots of choice for consumers … But in terms of a sort of a sea-change for BlackBerry, I would think that's overstating it.”

— Jim Balsillie

RIM chiefs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie's best quotes http://theguardian.com/technology/2012/jun/29/rim-chiefs-best-quotes in The Guardian (29 June 2012)

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