by Playfuls Staff |
24th April 2007
RIM is planning a new software application suite that will
let users with smartphones to convert their Windows Mobile based devices in to virtual
Blackberries. According to RIM the software [more] will be launched this fall and it
will include including support for BlackBerry email, phone, calendar, address
book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging and other applications developed
for the BlackBerry platform.
Also devices running the BlackBerry application suite will
be able to connect to BlackBerry services via BlackBerry Enterprise Server as
well as BlackBerry Internet Service.
"We're working very closely
with AT&T, as an example," RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said
in an interview. "There'll be other carriers that are highly supportive of
this."
Also, according to David Heit, director of product
management at RIM, the company plans to offer the same capability to users of
other mobile operating systems, such as Symbian and Palm, in the future.
The new BlackBerry application suite will complement
existing Windows Mobile 6 functionality and will appear as an icon on the
screen in the same manner as other third-party applications. Upon clicking the
BlackBerry icon, a suite of BlackBerry applications will load and will feature
the familiar user interface of a BlackBerry smartphone. The device’s existing
Windows Mobile applications are preserved, allowing the user to easily and
quickly switch between the Windows Mobile applications and the BlackBerry
application suite.
Also RIM didn’t said anything about the price of its new
software application suite.
This is not the first time when RIM tries to sell its
software to other manufactures. RIM has a program, called BlackBerry Connect, which
is offering access to it wireless e-mail services on devices manufactured by
Nokia Corp. and Palm Inc.
Last week, millions of business professionals found
themselves out of touch with the world while the RIM Blackberry servers went
down for nearly 12 hours.
Blackberry’s wireless e-mail system suffered an overnight
glitch that made it impossible for users in the Western hemisphere to send or
receive messages. The problem was limited to North America
and users weren't affected unless they were sending or receiving e-mail through
a Blackberry server there.
