It is not entirely clear if RIM would license its software. Currently, the share of the BlackBerry phones hard and the company must do something immediately before they are no longer relevant in the smartphone market. If RIM has teamed up with Samsung and HTC means more attention to the software and hopefully more innovation. According to rumors, the new BlackBerry 10 not good enough to compete with Android and iOS and more users of the software leads to faster development.
If other manufacturers BlackBerry phones to make is this is good news for developers of Android apps. The BlackBerry playbook that includes QNX, the majority of the Android apps running with a minor change. This functionality is currently not yet available on the BlackBerry tablet. Blackberry 10 is based on the same architecture and would therefore have to support Android apps.