An Uncomfortably Intimate Look at RIM's Fall from Grace




They eventually did implement all of those features, of course, but so late and so grudgingly that they didn't stand a chance against the iPhones and Androids of the world. Now they're at the precipice, pinning their hopes on courting carriers with promises of a cut of app store and service revenue.

What's striking about the executives' accounts, though, is how strongly the virtues of Mike Lazaridis come across, even when misguided:


He was dedicated to quality hardware, and like a Samurai endlessly whetting his blade, he was going to make the best goddamn speakerphone on the planet. Silly as it sounds in retrospect, there's something sadly honorable—even endearing—about that.
