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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Posted: 2012-08-08 14:51
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Research In Motion’s best hope for recovery isn’t BlackBerry 10. It’s Samsung.

That’s the word from Jefferies analyst Peter Misek, who believes that RIM’s strategic review will culminate in a decision to license its BB10 operating system, and that Samsung is the company most likely to be interested in licensing it.

“Given recent management comments in the press, it now appears that RIM is realizing what Wall Street has been saying for some time: they are a subscale manufacturer and desperately need a partner,” Misek wrote in a note to clients. “We believe RIM is attempting to revive discussions with Samsung regarding a BB10 licensing deal.”

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Posted: 2012-08-08 15:06
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Really? Why would Samsung want to take on - what's in reality - an underdog OS when Android is doing wonders for them.

I don't recall Bada being a huge success, but then again it didn't have the BB brand recognition behind it - or what's left of it.
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