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RIM developing software for the Apple iPhone

Posted on 30 April 2008

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RIM, the company behind the popular BlackBerry, seems to be in the process to build a brand new team to develop software for the Apple iPhone.

Right now this should be just a rumor, but trusted sources says that a confidential job listing is circulating internally. The most obvious guess is that they are going to develop a new push email client for the iPhone that can be integrated with BlackBerry’s platform.

“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 believe this is a very smart move by RIM. I experienced an amazing user experience on the iPhone in terms of email usage and this could be the right way to embrace users who bought the iPhone but are BlackBerry owners as well.

I’m wondering if a discussion related to a specific agreement between RIM and Apple is going on behind the scenes.

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April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
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May 1st, 2008 at 6:07 am
VoIP blogger and Italian IP-communications entrepreneur Luca Filigheddu, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at eComm 2008,reports on speculation that RIM is looking to build a developer team focused on the iPhone. He points to a post on Apple Insider by Aidan Malley who has become aware of a new internal job listing at RIM that suggests RIM is “willing to jump the fence and write applications for the iPhone”:
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May 1st, 2008 at 7:42 am
concern to other mobile phone manufacturers with the phone being directly priced against Nokia’s premium N95 8GB and with exchange email also being talked about on this upgrade Blackberry manufacturer RIM will be watching developments closely.Lucaeven goes so far to suggest that RIM may be developing software for the device.
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May 6th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
[...] IP-communications entrepreneur Luca Filigheddu, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at eComm 2008, reports on speculation that RIM is looking to build a developer team focused on the iPhone. He points to a post on Apple Insider by Aidan Malley who has become aware of a new internal job [...]
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