How RIM is going to compete with the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7 is going to be an interesting story over the next few years. Android and the iPhone are locking down the diverse, socialweb, entertainment mobile experience, so I can’t see how RIM is going to break into that space from where they are now. According to this acrticle, that isn’t exactly their goal.
I’d never buy a BlackBerry at this point, but I’m a hardcore tech geek. Maybe I’m too removed from the general non-tech public to understand whatever appeal BlackBerry has, but I wouldn’t bet on RIM.