Mike Lazaridis

"I couldn't type on it and I still can't type on it, and a lot of my friends can't type on it. It’s hard to type on a piece of glass."

"We have to be realistic about the history of [touch-screen] technology. We have to remember that this is not new — this has been done, this has been tried before."

"You have to build an industry. You have to be very nimble, and you have to be connected to your customers, and that can't be done with just one company."

"He is down-to-earth and a grassroots man who actually built the system."