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RIM Bringing BlackBerry Connect Back To Nokia

by Robb Dunewood on January 21, 2009 · 2 comments

Remember back last summer when Nokia dropped support of BlackBerry Connect on their E-Series devices when they started working with Microsoft and IBM on corporate mobile email?  Well it looks like RIM heard the cries of all the Nokia users that had come to rely on what many deem to be the best corporate email solution in the industry and are now preparing their own support of Nokia devices.

[Via Symbian-Guru.com]

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BlackBerry OS Running On Windows Mobile

by Robb Dunewood on December 16, 2008 · 1 comment

Back in April of 2007 Research in Motion announced BlackBerry Application Suite which allows Windows Mobile devices to actually run the BlackBerry OS as anplication within Windows Mobile.  You could almost think of it as a BlackBerry virtual machine that runs with in Windows Mobile.

Well, after not hearing about BlackBerry Application Suite again for over a year and a half, it looks like RIM has gone ahead a created the darn thing and has gotten it to run on an HTC Pro.  According to BerryReview, this is BlackBerry OS 4.2 which is being virtualized.

I think that BlackBerry Application Suite will be a way for RIM to capitalize on monthly fee revenue from Windows Mobile users that wouldn’t have otherwise bought a BlackBerry.   That is if it catches on better than BlackBerry Connect…

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Nokia Drops BlackBerry Connect Support On Eseries

by Robb Dunewood on July 30, 2008 · 4 comments

In an interesting if not odd move, Nokia has asked all of their Nokia Eseries customers using BlackBerry Connect to move fully over to the BlackBerry and to stop buying devices from Nokia.

I guess that this isn’t exactly what Nokia said, but, they did stop supporting BlackBerry Connect and even said that RIM is now a competitor.

RIM are a competitor and have done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it’s no great surprise that we see this as an opportunity to give consumers a proper choice on what email solution they want.

Now, I know that Nokia is a giant handset manufacturer, especially outside of the United States, however, this move all but ensures that they will never again sell a device to a business user in the U.S. that works for a company that has standardized on BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

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Why Is RIM Looking For An iPhone Developer?

by Robb Dunewood on April 30, 2008 · 11 comments

You may have already heard the rumors that started floating around yesterday, however, in case you haven’t Apple Insider is reporting that Research in Motion has a new internal job listing which suggests that the BlackBerry maker is looking for an iPhone developer. Most of the details about the position are hidden.

As part of a newly-created team, you’ll influence the development and design of BlackBerry software,” the listing reads. “This is a very confidential brand new team and a senior position within RIM so I can’t provide too many details. I guess you can figure out what it might be about though.

I guess there are a couple of ways you could go with this. RIM is definitely working on a touch screen BlackBerry. Maybe they are looking for someone with expertise on the iPhone’s interface. The issue I see here is that it will take them years to come up with something as good as the iPhone’s interface and as I’ve said before, RIM cannot out Apple Apple.

The other thought is that RIM is looking for an iPhone developer to actually develop software for the iPhone. The question here is what BlackBerry software could RIM possibly want to run on the iPhone? I’ve got two words for you…

BlackBerry Connect…

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