RIM May License BlackBerry 10 to Other Manufacturers

Research in Motion could end up applying the Windows model of licensing its mobile operating system to other hardware manufacturers after BlackBerry 10 gets off the ground, the company's CEO told a German newspaper. RIM may also get out of the hardware business altogether at some point.

The German national newspaper Die Welt published a lengthy Q&A with RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, in which the leader of the beleaguered Canadian company said he was keeping all options on the table to steer the company toward success. When asked directly about licensing BlackBerry 10, Heins said it was "conceivable" if the platform showed the world it has "large potential."

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