Originally Posted by
Bakamushi Some people seem to expect BB10 as a sort of massiah. However :
1) Waiting until mid 2013 doesn't make sense from a user's point of view
2) It is is not specified how BB10 will be superior to other OS at that time
3) Interest from apps developers is not guaranteed
4) It is not guaranteed that RIM will still exist at that time
5) It is not even guaranteed that BB10 will be bug-free
I would be far more interested in paying for a port of Android Jelly Bean. With proper funding it would probably come earlier than BB10, be more reliable and bring more apps. With Android flexibility it would even be possible to apply some of RIM's great interface ideas, like the upward swipe.
I think BB10 is not a hope, it's the main impediment threatening RIM's survival. Even for the phones most informed buyers are not buying now, they are waiting for the next generation. A shift to Android and the sales would boost sales immediately.
An alternative is to join Tizen. BB10 is great for a few Crackberry users, but for the rest of the world it simply does not exist.