[Cracklen]

" . . If RIM is one day placed in the shop window, are we ready for a fire sale of its technology? "

"..Be it Nortel or RIM, we need to value the technology and patents in play when foreigners start kicking the tires. The buyers are just as likely to be scavengers as investors. ...."

Would the same thing happen to RIM, as was seemingly sanctioned by the ruling Cdn. federal party/gov't. , recently affecting the workers past/present of the locomotive plant in London, Ont. ?

Canada News: Cohn: How Canada let Caterpillar strip a plant clean - thestar.com

eehhhh ?!

[OniBerry]

This isn't news or a rumour.

To the rest....just NO.

[pcguy514]

Harper already said no, they are just trying to cash in on RIM2012

[herculesinwyoming]

Galaxy Note with BBX would be a nice phone.

[Superfly_FR]

The rumor "stated" buy BB10 license and inject some cash ...
Didn't heard about hostile PBO (public buy offer ? sry may be the wrong translation).

New article here : http://www.fool.com/investing/genera...om-itself.aspx
It talks about the whys ... yet not very favorable to rim ... (sorry for linking, but no copy/paste available).

[inicophone]

I will believe a Samsung & RIM partnership when I see it. They have no reason whatsoever to license BB10, they have their own OS, Android, and WP7. For a forth, it is very unlikely.

[CairnsRock]

Any other good White Knights out there who would like a nice OS?

[SharpieFiend]

Relax, Samsung isn't about to go hostile on RIM.

You can bet that Samsung is terrified of what Motorola means to Google, as Google could flex the muscles in their pinky fingers and crush handset competition. Should that happen, or should Samsung fall out of favour with Google then they have a backup plan.

You can bet that people at Samsung have already seen BB 10 if Heins wants to license it as Samsung would need to currently have a phone in development for it. I think the silence on both sides means something is definitely in the works, and that's a good thing. Samsung branded BlackBerries would carry a lot more weight in the market then RIM's own handsets because of their success with the Galaxy line and that could mean a lot more units being shipped into the hands of customers.

Stop being so negative and think about what a licensing deal could really mean. Today Samsung, tomorrow could be HTC and Huawei (for example). If the market heavyweights threw their resources behind BlackBerry then we could see some real momentum build behind the brand. Handset makers know that Android is a very uncertain market right now, and although Android sells very well they need a backup plan just in case Google decides to do something that isn't in their favour. Wouldn't you prefer BlackBerry to be Plan B instead of Windows Phone?

[Rootbrian]

I doubt it.

RIM has to innovate and not copy others. They're doing what suits them and their target markets. Not just the NA, but everywhere else.