"The most major change was the retirement of chief operating officer Don Morrison, who left the company after having been on medical leave."
Morrison has been replace by Thorsten Heins. The move follows an enlivened defense of the company and its dual-CEO model last month by its co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Laziridis.
Once the leader of the smartphone market in North America, RIM has more recently seen sales wane as other device makers have introduced devices with broader appeal. Adds CNNMoney: "The latest, greatest BlackBerry smartphone, the Torch, is nearly a year old -- an eon in the fast-paced mobile device market."