Blackberry no longer coolThe fact is that the IPHONE is a much cooler product to the youth of today. If you look at teens even just 5 years ago, they were all buying APPLE computers. In the same way, they all want IPHONE's.
The only advantage that Blackberry had was that it was the smart phone of choice for corporations, but now that is changing and it has been changing for some time.
RIMM's stock price will continue to drop to below $20, where then and only then will it be bought out.
It would be advantageous for RIMM to accept a buyout. Look at Yahoo a few years ago, when they had a very generous offer on the board to buy them out. Now, Yahoo is probably at the bottom of the list.
You don't want RIMM also falling behind in technology to do the same