So, give us readers a break, and admit that you messed up your 6 reasons for the RIM failure and let us in on your amount of short wins.

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RIM's failure to keep up with the iPhone and Android devices in the consumer market is starting to erode its hold on business customers, as employees press their companies to let them use their personal devices at work.

WSJ: BlackBerry Gets Squeezed by Rivals

Right now an existing continuing failure for RIM is no dang 4G LTE or WiMax BB phone.

FORBES: The 6 Reasons Research In Motion Shot Itself In the Foot

"The messaging and browsing delays... in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM's infrastructure, " a company statement said.

BBC: Blackberry problems spread to US

The few patents that might matter to an Apple, Google, Amazon or Facebook ( FB) do not justify the time and money you would have to spend to get something out of a case study in complete failure like RIM.

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Such a major failure will still come as unwelcome news to Blackberry's owner RIM, which has been losing market share to smartphone rivals - in particular Apple's iPhone.

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