Thorsten Heins told analysts on Monday that reaching beyond the corporate smartphone market to consumers will be particularly important in the U.S. market, where RIM's BlackBerry smartphone has lost ground to rivals like the Apple Inc's iPhone.

RIM announced on Sunday that Heins would take over as CEO from founders and Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.

(Reporting By Alastair Sharp and Sinead Carew; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

Stocks treated in this article : Research In Motion, Apple Inc.