As seen in this image from CrackBerry.com, RIM is
launching both a full touch and a Qwerty Device, with 4 more devices to follow in 2013, all with the new QNX base OS. These new devices and new OS will make or break RIM and I betting on the former.
RIM stock dropped to an all time low in September at $6.10, much lower then the value of the company in Patents and Buildings/Property alone, know as "tangible book value". Basically, suggesting to me, it was a risk free investment. And I'm glad I jumped onto the Investor train. I believe in BlackBerry 10 (#BB10Believe) and 10 days before launch it looks like the market is starting to believe as well, with the stock currently at $15.71.
One hang up everyone has about smartphones (or superphones) is Apps. Honestly, Apps were more of a Band-aid to make up for mobile phones poor internet performance. I have never needed a App on my desktop, and the Apps I have downloaded for Windows8 have really done nothing for me. BB10 internet browser is currently better then ANY browser, including the one on your desktop. However, to get past this "Apps" hangup BlackBerry has made it as easy as possibly for developers to make, or port, Apps to BlackBerry 10, and as such is launching with 80,000+ apps, this is verses Windows Phone 8 which launched with 8,000!
Now this number tells me there are going to be a lot of Crappy Apps out there. And to ensure this I made my own. That's right, thanks to BlackBerry App Generator my Blog, Tumblr and Flickr will be available as a downloadable App in BlackBerry App world. I was even able to add ads to my App. So potentially, if my Blog had, or develops, a following of more then 5 people (Thanks Mom, Dad, Brenda, Sean and Ann ;) ) I could make some money.
Until then I'll have to stick to making money on RIM stock, which I will likely spend on buying a New BB10 Smart phone.
