[citation][nom]house70[/nom]For a company on the brink, like RIM, I would have expected the last year or so to be one full of anticipation, rumor mill churning, their own people working in overdrive and coming out with firm release deadlines that get met for a change. Instead, I have hardly heard any news from them, except the mellow "we're working on something, it will come out whenever". Guess what, the market (the business customers, their old and reliable base) is in dire need of a phone that can last a few days away from a charger. They put out this new thing with a lackluster battery (IMO, the main shortcoming of this new phone). They could have made it really easy to go and install Android apps on it, instead of relying on the hopes that their own marketplace will attract developers again. Main thing, they could have made this a main selling point: "look at our phone, you can install your Android apps and they'll run natively, no need for you to wait for a BB app".I really want them to succeed, but I begin to wonder if they want the same.[/citation]
Actually, running Android apps would be a sure way to get problems from Google, and that would probably finish them.