Is investing in Kik really that good of an idea after RIM basically kicked them where it counts? If the rumors about a cross-platform BBM from RIM are in the works and coming soon, I think Kik would pretty much be irrelevant. The only reason I tried Kik for the brief time I did was that most of my friends at the time still had BlackBerrys, but they are switching to Android as time goes by.
RIM App World is hardly "where it counts" when it comes to mobile app distribution. It's a distant third after the iPhone and Android markets. Blackberry has a significant lead with the BBM but the market is growing fast enough that they might get left behind if they don't move fast which history has shown they won't.
After the lawsuit I think investing in RIM or their platform isn't a good idea.
That RIM was more willing to "kick" this company to the curb and serve them a lawsuit, rather than perhaps acquiring an innovative team and hot messaging platform, is indication that this company simply doesn't "get it". RIM is absolutely dead meat if getting sued is your reward for building apps for Playbook or Blackberry.
