The maker of the popular BlackBerry e-mail device is facing a critical decision: Pony up a lot of money to settle a long-term patent dispute or inform most of its 3.65 million U.S. subscribers that it may have to shut off service.
I would expect that they’ll find some way to stay in business. After all,
The Department of Justice has asked for a 90-day grace period for federal workers if Research in Motion’s BlackBerry e-mail service is shut down.
Maybe it won’t be RIM, but somebody is going to keep running this business. With demand like that, it’s too attractive to just toss in the trashbin.