New Blackberry CEO Won't Ditch The Handset Business
November 05, 2013 at 07:09 AM EST
When Thorsten Heins was appointed CEO people wondered who he was and where Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY ) found him. Heins was seen as a puppet for “departing” co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis and not expected to do much of anything to turn the company around. They were right.