However, when their most interesting device, the Playbook, refuses to play to the simple needs of the general consumer and maintains a dedication to a shrinking business fleet base, it's time to rethink RIM's place in the mobile ecosystem.
Yet the dodgiest aspect of "How It Ended" turns out to be this book's most interesting device.
"What perhaps is the most interesting aspect of the device is what Samsung did not announce, effectively putting to bed a number of rumours," said Ovum analyst Nick Dillon.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the device (aside from its completely incongruous name) is the fact that it allows users to switch between what Verizon calls Starter and Standard modes.
Still, from what I have seen, the most interesting stuff in terms of device innovation is the product of multi-site work comprising several expert teams, each of whom brings to the table a unique skill set.
The most interesting part of these new devices isn't the front, but rather the back where the sensors are located.
But the notion of ripping up and warping prints – slicing up, say, a text slogan, scrambling its sense and transforming it into a graphic device – is the most interesting manifestation.
In particular, the ubiquitous access to remote resources is one of the most interesting characteristics achievable by using mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants, cellular phones and tablets.
Among the most interesting of these newly developed, interconnected devices is the self-driving car.
Even some of the the most interesting products out there – the media sharing devices, the NAS systems, the SSD drives – have kind of blown their wad.
