RIM CEOs lied about BlackBerry 10 delay, report says

From CNET News.com: The company's best hope for a recovery, its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform, has been pushed back to late next year. While executives blamed the later release of a new chip, Boy Genius Report said the real reason for the delay is the inability for RIM to get its core email and messenger services on the new platform.

"RIM is simply pushing this out as long as they can for one reason, they don't have a working product yet," the blog said, citing an anonymous source.

A RIM representative wasn't immediately available for comment.

Last week, RIM executives dropped the warning, worrying investors and frustrating consumers.

"We ask for your patience and confidence," Lazaridis said during a conference call to analysts.

Lazaridis, following up on Balsillie's disclosure of the delay, explained that the smartphone processor that it has chosen, which would combine a dual-core chip with a more power-efficient 4G LTE radio, wouldn't come out until the middle of the year. Lazaridis said RIM couldn't provide the kind of BlackBerry experience customers were used to without this chip.

When the PlayBook launched, many were puzzled that RIM opted to not include its core services in the device. Instead, consumers would have to tether their BlackBerry to the tablet to enable access to the email, calendar and messenger features. Apparently, RIM still hasn't figured out how to put those services on BlackBerry 10 devices, BGR reported. Likewise, developers using PlayBook 2.0 don't have access to those features.

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