"We're not short of opportunity," said RIM CEO Jim Balsillie.  "We're in a prime, prime position that I think we've navigated ourselves to and earned."

While RIM dominates the corporate workplace, it has transitioned to add a digital camera, video recorder, and other more consumer centric features into some of its latest handsets.  Its stronger emphasis has led to 40 percent of customers now either regular consumers or small and medium businesses, RIM said.

Already available in 140 nations, RIM plans to put a stronger emphasis on Russia, China, Latin America and Southeast Asia, but did not mention how it will do this.

Even though RIM has successfully expanded across North America and the rest of the world, financial analysts are worried RIM will not be able to sustain the growth, especially due to the weakening economy in the United States.  RIM recently posted a profit outlook that was good for most companies, but did not meet analyst expectations.

It marked the first time in several quarters RIM did not meet analyst expectations, and now analysts have downgraded their forecast for RIM in the next quarter.  Gartner estimates RIM has 42 percent control of the U.S. smartphone market, with Apple trailing with 20 percent, and other makers combining to take up the remaining 38 percent of the market.

Although RIM and Apple are locked in an intense battle as the companies pit their BlackBerry Bold 9000 and iPhone 3G against one another.  In the future, RIM will continue to launch and promote its BlackBerry Bold as a possible iPhone killer.  

It wasn't long ago that third-party companies making programs for cell phones steered clear of RIM's BlackBerry lines dude to their place as a corporate workhorse, but as more end users begin to use phones such as the Curve 8330, companies have stepped in to help add third-party applications.  For example, Zumboi had a partnership with Microsoft to offer its widget application for the Windows Mobile platform only, but has recently branched out and started service for BlackBerry Pearl and Curve owners.

Also, there are more third-party BlackBerry applications available for owners to purchase online, when just a few years ago users had to search hard for similar programs for their phones.