What if RIM Farmed Out the BlackBerry Device Business?

Would RIM ever hand over its BlackBerry business to Samsung in return for royalties?
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Piling On: Beleaguered RIM Sued Over BBM Trademark (Updated)

Pretty lousy year for Research In Motion brands.
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We Wanted the BlackBerry Server in Indonesia, Not Singapore, You Idiots

And if it’s not here quickly, we may just cut off all RIM services in the country.
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Samsung Gets Its ChatON

The Korean electronics giant announces its answer to Apple’s iMessage and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger.
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Kicked to the Curb by RIM, Messaging Start-Up Gets Last Laugh Amid Outage

Forced to go back to the drawing board after being sued by RIM, Kik spent several months redesigning its BlackBerry app. Looks like it finished just in time.
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Samsung Getting Its Chat On With Siloed IM Service

Following Apple and Research In Motion, Samsung says that it, too, will offer a dedicated messaging service available for Samsung device owners to easily message one another.
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BlackBerry Launches Its $5 Music Service

Trials in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. for now; more countries later this year.
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BlackBerry Music: $5 a Month, 50 Songs

It makes no sense economically. But neither did ringtones.
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BlackBerry’s New Music Service Doesn’t Sound Like a Complete Disaster

No need to replicate iTunes or Spotify or anything else that’s already on the market. If BBM Music thinks small — and it looks like it is — it could work.
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RIM Develops Music Service for Phones

Research In Motion Ltd. is developing a service that would let subscribers access music on its smartphones, according to people familiar with the matter.

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