[zethaaron]

I live in Canada and honestly I wouldn't expect it to be much different but, while I DO see a lot of iPhones, and a fair few Android phones, I see tonnes of BlackBerrys too, and we're talking about like, at business meetings, I mean I see people at high school carrying BlackBerrys all the time, probably as many as I see Android or iPhone, really.

[dandbj13]

OP, I understand your concern, but IMO, the question is irrelevant. Fair or not, there will be no high end, RIM smartphone or tablet without a strong showing in the US. They can sell all the low-margin, feature phones in the rest of the world. If it is not a player in the US, it is not a player that matters to an enthusiast.

Look at how well Nokia has done in the rest of the world. It counts for nothing. Without America, Nokia had to sell their soul to an American company. Talk of how well RIM is doing in the rest of the world with profitless marketshare is unproductive. It is US, or bust.