Here's the question that's critical for both Windows 8 and BB10 - is having a good product enough anymore?<p>By most accounts WP8 is pretty good and we can give RIM the benefit of the doubt and assume BB10 will be pretty good as well. But are consumers going to care? Is that enough to move a significant number of units? Other than being different, what exactly are these platforms offering? I've read through the new and exciting features - preditive keyboards, email at a glance, good multititasking - and all I think is "neat, but I've been doing that on my phone for years"<p>It seems that while WP8 and BB10 are still trying to nail down the "modern OS on decent hardware" problem, iOS and Android have moved on to the next level of competition - ecosystems (iTunes, Google Play) and smart services (Siri and Google Now).
For RIM to have any chance at being the market leader once again they must do what the iPhone did to the mobile industry back when it was first introduced. Anything under that just means a slower death.<p>What could it be? I believe making a phone itself is useless at this point. Why not look in to Pranav Mistry's SixthSense? Something of this caliber is what is needed to make the 'next big thing'. Competing in Apple/Google playing field is futile, a new field is needed.<p>Although I had high hopes for RIM (ex bb user), I highly doubt their execs are even in this mindset^^^.
"The BlackBerry® 10 platform has recently achieved FIPS 140-2 certification"--not sure how meaningful this is if you can become certified months before the final hardware/software is available...
They need to do more than just attempt to play catch up to iOS and Android. I think this is where WP8 really fails; it doesn't revolutionize.<p>The time is long past when it's enough to just say "Me too!", you have to do what the iPhone did in 2007; change the game. If BB10 doesn't do that, it's not going to save RIM.