Report: BlackBerry's Last Hope Is Totally Screwed [Rumor]
Brian Barrett
Not even RIM's top executives dispute that the company's had a rough few months. But just hold on, they say, until BlackBerry 10. That's the rudder that'll turn this ship around. But if BGR's insider report holds up, that new course might head right smack into an iceberg of suck. More »


source: gizmodo.com
22 Dec 2011
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