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Blackberry has 2 major problems. One, they're just not flashy enough to compete with Apple. Two, roll your own OS pretty much dooms you in computers. The network effect for compatibility is just too strong. Blackberry was fine before phones were really thought of as computing platforms.



apple rolled her own OS, i dont think rolling your own OS is the problem ...




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