RIM spurs rare optimism with surprising growth -New BlackBerry

For Blackberry lovers,
Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, a pioneer in the smartphone arena, has in past years lost market share in North America to Apple Inc and Samsung, whose more versatile and user-friendly devices took off.

In an attempt to create a buzz around the new devices, CEO Thorsten Heins gave a preview of the smartphone and its features to its developers at a gathering on Tuesday in San Jose, California. "There is new energy and a new fighting spirit in this company," he said as he listed new features from Internet browsing to multitasking between applications.

As a matter of fact, RIM is trying to reinvent itself through a line of jazzed-up smartphones that will run on the BlackBerry 10 or BB10 operating system on which the company has staked its future.

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About RIM
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Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless equipment company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smartphone. RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who served as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie until January 22, 2012 when RIM announced that both have stepped down and the new CEO will be Thorsten Heins.