Given their problem with the Palm OS and Access, they have to do something. It would be better if they could do something more quickly. But it's a win for Palm and for RIM.

They're damned if they do launch a bunch of new phones, and they're damned if they don't.

Arguably there's no signal now. In my house it doesn't work. In my mom's house it doesn't work. In my in-laws house it doesn't work. So I don't think it's worth worrying about one way or the other.

As a one-shot deal; this frees RIM to go back to its business without any further complications.

This is something Yahoo has been trying to do for a long time: broaden its online presence into the mobile tier.

They would rather get you as a customer than potentially get download revenue.