Reported by Reuters on Thursday (1/19/2012), one shareholder said, RIM seems to have offered a new QNX platform to several handset manufacturers. The operating system that has been embedded in the tablet Playbook, will be driving a new generation of RIM smart phones due out later this year.
Shareholders who refused to be identified, also said he believed that Samsung is interested in licensing deal although it has issued a statement to the contrary.
"I'm sure they're talking about licensing," said shareholder was referring to the manufacturers of smart phones from South Korea.
"The question of their desire to buy the company, I do not know and do not care about that," he added.
Rows of RIM products currently struggling in competition with the iPhone and the iPad, and the blow of the great sailing gadget made by Samsung and other manufacturers who use Android operating system.
Possible RIM to sell BlackBerry software creations on QNX-based 10 competitors, has made some investors and analysts interested.
"If Samsung or other Android partners intend to adopt enterprise services such as the RIM BlackBerry Messenger, they will gain instant differentiation between Android growing shortage of variety," said Craig Carter, an analyst at Frost and Sullivan.
Meanwhile, according to James Cordwell, an analyst with Atlantic Equities, an ideal scenario for RIM is trying to find the additional value that can appease its shareholders, while still running the business.
But James is still doubt on the possibility of competitors to immediately sign a license agreement with RIM, considering that Android has served them well, Microsoft has created an alternative path, and in the past RIM has failed to open the gap.
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