This is pretty interesting stuff. BlackBerry has had the Connect software for quite a while, but no licensees … I’ve been wondering when SOMEONE would have it.
SAN FRANCISCO — Cingular Wireless in November will enable its subscribers to use Research in Motion’s BlackBerry software on a non-BlackBerry device for the first time, the mobile operator announced Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show here this week.
The BlackBerry Connect software will be available on the Nokia 9300, a flip-open handset with a QWERTY keyboard, Cingular said in a statement Wednesday. BlackBerry Connect is software that RIM is beginning to license to third parties for use on non-RIM devices. RIM’s BlackBerry, one of the first handhelds to have a keyboard, has become a familiar sight as business users rely on it for real-time e-mail on the road. Cingular said it will be the first U.S. operator to offer BlackBerry Connect.
More details at PC World.
No, really, this is great. But the 9300 has been available in other parts of the world … why so long to get to the U.S.? Theories abound … personally I think it’s because unlike other parts of the world we have so many different cellular technologies in the U.S. TDMA, CDMA, GSM 900 and 1800. Sigh.
