RIM is bleeding out, and will be dead in a couple of years. Acquisition for their assets/IP.
Marissa Mayer (formerly of Google, now CEO of Yahoo) switched everyone off of RIM at Yahoo because she wanted employees to be more in tune with Yahoo users.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Marissa-Mayer-Buys-iPhone-5s-for-Yahoo-Staff-169995236.html
And while her move was more of a motivator/PR stunt, I can't disagree with the pretext. If Yahoo wants to deliver products end users want, they have to know the ins and outs of the devices end users use.
And that was really the last thing RIM had going for it: businesses using RIM for it's corporate features/price. Without that, they are toast.
My ex gf's law firm used to only offer RIM, and since 2011 they started offering Apple iphones. Guess what everyone switched to as soon as they could...
RIM has always been terrible imo. Never understood the fascination. People that need a hard keyboard sound like people that want flip phones.
Also, who wants to dial a number on those tiny keys? The first time I used a berry I asked where the dial pad was. When I realized it was just a few keys on the keypad, I laughed.
