I have to disagree a bit with the resident BG, because much like the sidekick was hot and carried by all the celebs, it's now the Blackberry that's now the celebrity favorite, so the marketing takes care of itself. The 8100 is smaller than the Sidekick, isn't it? That helps too.

The only wild card is Suretype...and...

RIM must get a native version of AIM out like has been done with Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger. It has been discussed before, but RIM has got to address this. I hope they are reading this very post.