BlackBerry

-I'm thinking of the incredible breakthrough

which has been made possible by developments in communications,

particularly the transistor and above all,

the communications satellite.

These things will make possible a world

in which we can be in instant contact with each other,

wherever we may be.

It will be possible in that age,

perhaps only 50 years from now,

for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali

just as well as he could from London.

In fact, if it proves worthwhile,

almost any executive skill,

any administrative skill,

even any physical skill,

could be made independent of distance.

When that time comes,

the whole world will have shrunk to a point.

And the traditional role of the city

as a meeting place for man

would have ceased to make any sense.

In fact, men will no longer commute.

They will communicate.

-Fuck's sake. -We're not late!

-No, I know, but I'm going to throw up.

Okay.

Shit!

-Matt Sundin is the sleepiest of all out there.

He's proven NHL talent but not scoring like the Leafs need --

-Your 9:00 is here. -Where's Brock?

-His office. -Mr. Balsillie?

You wanted to see this report. -Talk to Shelly.

- Integrated circuits...

-Well, I finally understand that quote,

When you grow up, your heart dies.

That's from "Breakfast Club." John Hughes.

Do you hear that?

Uh, yeah.

You talk about that buzzing? -Mm.

-It's an office, I'm sure they got a million little buzzes.

-Mm. -It's a subtle buzzing.

-There. -You've identified it.

-Mm. -What?

Made in China -- the mark of the beast?

Uh... Um...

Mike? -I can't concentrate.

-And so what? Are you going to fix this?

-I'm going to fix it. -Uh, now's not the time.

The meeting starts in, like, two minutes.

Now's not the time. Now's not the time.

Now's not the time. -Okay?

I need, like, a paper clip.

-That's a guy's thing. That's a guy's fucking thing.

-It has no off switch. That means it's always on.

So it's just always buzzing. -Uh-huh. Yeah.

Um... Well,

Yeah, go fast.

-You can tell him he's not going -- --

He's not going to get steel.

Alloys, Harry!

I'll call you back.

They're outside.

-These guys really are Dutch, huh?

Listen, Rick, I've thought about this a lot.

And if these guys take the deal,

I want to run the new division.

Think you can run this place?

Yes! Yes!

Me too.

Just so we're clear, if this thing doesn't go,

we never had this conversation.

Great. Great. Um...

Thank you.

There's one adjustment.

Apparently the Americans offered them

some fancy tax splitting plan,

so we need to show them the Canadian version.

-I don't have that. -No, no.

-Callahan worked something up last minute.

We're going to bring him in to explain it.

-Callahan. Uh...

You know what? I think that's a bad idea.

Why is that?

-I tell you what, Rick, why don't you have

Callahan explain the tax thing to me

and I'll just -- I'll work it into my pitch.

I think that's better. -Kyle was up all night

putting this together as a favor to me.

He gets to present. -Rick, I mean...

You're going to have this guy present to Stork?

I mean, he looks like a.. fucking, a total goof.

-Jim... I'm not asking.

Okay, great.

-Okay. Bald, scary looking guy walking towards us right now.

-God damn it! -Mike?

Yeah. Got it.

-Watch the fuck out! -Oh, shit.

Sit down. Sit down.

Much better.

Yeah. What can I do for you?

Yes. Hi.

I'm Mike Lazaridis, CEO of Research in Motion.

We create various computer hardware systems

using both custom design integrated circuits,

as well as off the shelf components

provided by major hardware vendors such as Intel,

American Micro Devices and CYRIX.

Our clients have included US Robotics,

Rogers Cantel, RAM Mobile.

Just a second.

Hey, you're on Callahan's desk, right?

Okay, great. This is Jim Balsillie.

Brock wanted me to do a quick proof of that tax stuff

before the meeting. Could you bring me a --

Exactly.

Okay, great. Thanks.

Okay, uh, what is this?

So w-we had a shop teacher...

who told us -- oh, we had a shop teacher

in high school named Mr. Moshinsky,

who told us the person who puts a computer inside a phone

will change the world.

Well, we have a plan to piggyback

on the unused bandwidth of the UHF spectrum

to create an all in one mobile device.

Adam Callahan's assistant

is here to see you? -Send him in.

Great. -Sorry, Mr. Balsillie.

No one -- I didn't realize you needed a copy of

this tax report also -- -I'm in a meeting right now.

Okay.

-So, basically there is a free

wireless Internet signal all across North America,

and nobody has figured out how to use it.

There's free Internet in this room right now.

Mm-hmm.

It's like the force.

Sorry. Have you seen "Star Wars"?

No.

So, okay, picture a pager,

a cell phone and an email machine, all in one thing.

We call it, um, Pocket Link.

-Okay, listen, we don't do anything like that here.

We are a commercial manufacturing company.

You want to talk to a VC guy?

And you need a better name.

-You're going to cry?! Mike!

Oh, it's just disappointment? -Yeah.

-You did great! -

Well, I saw that Rick sent the limo to pick you guys up.

We must need this merger worse than I thought.

So, I know we have a lot to cover,

but I thought we should start with our tax strategy.

Now, I'm sure you heard it from the Americans,

but let me assure you, we also know how to

cheat on our taxes here in Canada.

Okay?

Here's what we can do:

We run payroll out of Ontario,

but we pay all our vendors from the Netherlands.

We split that fucker right in half.

The left won't know what the right is doing.

Plus, we get a nice little provincial

kickback on manufacturing labor.

We get a massive federal tax credit

because they don't know whether they're private or public.

Beam me aboard!

-Prisoner, and held captive within the digital world of

the computer itself.

-You can use your cellular phone to order me a pizza.

-And that includes 50 minutes of air time.

-We'll page you. -Well, it's very hip to be

on the Internet right now. -

-I still think Apple has a future.

The way out is not to slash and burn, it's to innovate.

Oh, okay. Here's what I think.

Mike, super simple. Hit him with the good news,

bad news routine -- good news, bad news routine.

All right? You're going to say good -- Mike?!