[incision]

Considering the only person I've seen using a Windows phone in the wild is a Microsoft employee, beating that platform out shouldn't be too hard.

That said, I work in DC which must have been the Blackberry capital of the world for several years running. Today, the only people who still use Blackberries are being forced to and they're surely looking for other options. Worse, even if the device software is amazing, RIM still seems to have problems keeping its network up.

It's hard for me to believe that RIM will succeed at anything without getting rid of their entire chain of management, including the board. I could not make up the kind of nonsensical denial that has continually emanated from that bunch while their stock price and market share tanked over the last 5 years.