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Thursday, January 12, 2006
Blackberry will support Google
Not just search, but also mapping and instant messaging.
As Blackberry supports Java/J2ME, I figure they download one or more Java applications to the phone as the client-side of these services. That's how the map service works for other phones, and doing instant messaging via J2ME would be simple. Also, RIM wouldn't have to change the phones at all to support this. This is clearly the future for mobile services.
See previous note about Reqwireless for the benefits of combining online services with downloaded client applications.
Blackberry gets Google Talk and Google Local - Yahoo! News
As Blackberry supports Java/J2ME, I figure they download one or more Java applications to the phone as the client-side of these services. That's how the map service works for other phones, and doing instant messaging via J2ME would be simple. Also, RIM wouldn't have to change the phones at all to support this. This is clearly the future for mobile services.
See previous note about Reqwireless for the benefits of combining online services with downloaded client applications.
Blackberry gets Google Talk and Google Local - Yahoo! News
