[andrew15]

Unfortunately, I think it's the new Palm.

If you look back, Palm introduced a great product, but it was too late to the game and couldn't get enough momentum. HP stepped in to get the IP rights and launched their own tablet, only to firesale it and withdraw from the market a short time afterwards - in spite of having a very nice OS that was probably better than the Apple mobile os at the time

I have an iphone and a good friend has a Samsung galaxy - they are pretty much the same and not different enouogh to get either one of us to switch over to the other. Why would I even consider a BB10?

I think the biggest problem with Blackberry is that people have become familiar with itunes or the android equivilent over the past 2 years. I have an iphone, my wife has an iphone, and we have an ipad that both us and the kids use. We have all of our movies, pictures, music and apps on itunes and they can all sync to each other - What could Blackberry possibly offer that would make me want to switch? A better camera? nope. Better messaging? nope. It would have to be a lot.

I think that's what a lot of the analysts and BB10 supporters have missed - even if it IS a better OS installed on a sexy new device, people are not going to jump ship that easily because they are too invested in their current ecosystems.

The other thing I keep hearing is the huge amount of IP rights that Blackerry controls and that it's worth a ton of money. I don't buy it - both Apple and Google dominate the current market inspite of the patents held by BBRY. It's like saying yeah, those new-fangled cars are pretty cool, but the're suckers because I've got multiple patents on buggy whips...