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The Current | Feb 5, 2013 | 22:00

Thorsten Heins: Can new phones save BlackBerry?

When Blackberry's Thorsten Heins stood on a New York stage last week that wasn't just any new smartphone he held up. That device has to turn into a Saviour. So one week on what is Thorsten Heins thinking? We're asking.

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