I think you are missing the point very hard on why RIM failed.
I am one that would own a RIM phone, IF, IF, and only IF they had made it easy to code applications for it like Apple and Google did for their phones.
RIM noticed now and BB10 is seemly really interesting, but now they are too late, there are no apps on their phone.
And I say that, because I ABSOLUTELY HATE touchscreen, it NEVER do what I want, I own a Xperia Play, and many times I prefer to use the Playstation controls to control the phone, the touchscreen is unstable, finnicky, don't work when it is raining, or when my hand is wet, or sweaty, and so on...
RIM should have sticked to keyboard based phones and use their energy on developping the application market. I do not disagree with you, but I think they could not develop their application market because all their energy was devoted to their paradigm change.
I am one that would own a RIM phone, IF, IF, and only IF they had made it easy to code applications for it like Apple and Google did for their phones.
RIM noticed now and BB10 is seemly really interesting, but now they are too late, there are no apps on their phone.
And I say that, because I ABSOLUTELY HATE touchscreen, it NEVER do what I want, I own a Xperia Play, and many times I prefer to use the Playstation controls to control the phone, the touchscreen is unstable, finnicky, don't work when it is raining, or when my hand is wet, or sweaty, and so on...