Attempts to Save BlackBerry
Recognizing the iPhone‘s creeping rise, BlackBerry tried to answer with more consumer-friendly phones. But devices like the BlackBerry Torch failed to compete on app selection or processing punch.
Behind the scenes, years of product delays and internal disagreements took their toll. Long-time co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsille resigned in 2012, ceding control to new blood.