RIM delays launch of BlackBerry 10 phone The delay will put more pressure on the company to cut costs, and yesterday RIM said it will cut 5,000 jobs. That is almost a third of the employees at a company that made its name and fortune selling BlackBerry devices to executives, lawyers and bankers who wanted to check their email on the move. Its dominance has since crumbled in the face of competition from Apple's iPhone as well as devices that use Google's Android operating system. RIM said it shipped 7.8m BlackBerry phones in the three months to the end of May compared with 14m six months ago. Even before yesterday's delay, analysts had voiced scepticism that the BlackBerry 10 would be able to win back market share from its competitors.