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asia.cnet.com — WATERLOO, Canada-- Even as the weather drop to sub-zero temperatures and snow powders Research In Motion's campus in Waterloo, Mike Lazaridis certainly didn't feel it. The company's founder and co-CEO carries into a meeting room a little black box, in it a Storm, and talks passionately about ...

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Blackberry Storm is a netbook says RIM’s co-CEO
Tech Ticker — ... type of statement from another stalwart, haven’t we? RIM’s President & co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, also resorted to a similar answer when asked about the competition from netbooks. “I think I can put Netbooks in here [referring to the BlackBerry Storm]. These are Netbooks. They are just smaller.” Yes, today’s mobile devices are capable of what most netbooks can do, but is it right for cell phone makers to tag them as netbooks? Full interview, here. Social Media Love? ...

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Engadget — ... Clearly, Mike Lazaridis has the chops when it comes to running a business. What he clearly lacks, however, is a firm definition of the term "netbook." To his credit, we still feel the exact boundaries for netbooks have yet to be determined (fret not, Psion ...

RIM Founder And co-CEO, Mike Lazaridus, Says BlackBerry Storm is a ‘Netbook’
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BlackBerry Storm is a Netbook, Apparently
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... is substitution and the subsuming and interfacing of other things. Ahh, so maybe the BlackBerry Storm isn’t exactly a netbook, but it is competing with them. What do you guys think - will smartphones squeeze netbooks and other ultra-mobile computers out of the market, or are they here to stay? The rest of the interview is a solid read - they talk about the Asian market, fuel cells, the application storefront, and plenty more, so check it out. [via CNet] Related News from IntoMobile: OLO netbook - iPhone ...

RIM doing well at #2
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BlackBerry Storm is a netbook says RIM boss Lazardis
Phones Review — ... sit down with Cnet Asia, when questioned about his thoughts on viewing the netbooks as a competitor, Lazardis stated that the BlackBerry Storm is a netbook, only smaller. Now, yes the smartphone has advanced somewhat, but come on, a BlackBerry Storm is no netbook, laptop or tiny desktop, it’s a mobile phone. A case of bigging up the BlackBerry me thinks, otherwise wouldn’t we see the rapid decline in netbooks sales in favour of BlackBerry Storm sales? Source – Cnet ...

Hurrdurr Today: RIM CEO calls dud BlackBerry Storm a "netbook"
Boing Boing Gadgets — Another example of me-too executives munging a perfectly serviceable term, this time from RIM president and co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, talking about the company's new seems-a-turd, the "click screen" BlackBerry Storm: "These are Netbooks. They are just smaller." Let us respond with a quote from the Storm's namesake, the late Senator Thurmond: "She walks well, she looks good. Let's see how she kisses." The Storm is a Netbook, says RIM founder [Asia.CNET.com via TechTickerBlog.com] ...