RE: German Govt. - order upto 40,000 Z10s with all of Heins' connections in Germany this is not entirely suprising. do not forget about QNX Car 2 and the deals with Porsche, BMW, Audi, Mercedes etc. the market for smart, intelligent, connected cars is huge. while 40k might seem like a lot, don't forget that 3.6M individuals are employed in the Cdn public sector. a significant % of these folks will get upgraded to the Z10 or Q10 automatically (at the expense of the taxpayer) as soon as their contracts come up for renewal.
the analysts here seem to think everything is riding on success or failure in the US. if BB makes even a small dent in the US market, that'll just be a bonus.