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Now this is some welcome news here at NB. RIM, the makers of Blackberry, will be offering a windows mobile version of their popular email communication software. Being an active user of a Treo700wx I can say that I will be happy to try this application out.

The application replaces the Windows layout and icons on the display with the look of the BlackBerry interface, customized to the specific buttons and screen size of that device. A non-BlackBerry device would then be able to connect with BlackBerry servers for e-mail, calendar, address book and other applications written for the platform by RIM and third-party developers.

A user would be able to toggle back and forth between the two platforms if they want, for example, to use the Windows Media Player to listen to music.

Hopefully this software will not negatively impact the RIM network.

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Tags: Blackberry, RIM, Treo, RIM Software

So we’ve been sitting on this whole E90 controversy for a few days here, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Fact is, a part of us is hoping that we can will an HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900-sporting Nokia E90 into existence, but we shouldn’t have to; the need for firms like Nokia and Sony Ericsson to wake up and spend the extra few bucks to shove global 3G radios into every last one of their phones is painfully obvious. Anyway, numerous readers have pointed out that the document in the E90’s FCC filing referencing WCDMA on the 850, 1700, and 1900MHz bands is merely pointing out (for no good reason, may we add) the FCC’s own radiation limits on those bands, and is probably not indicative of what bands are present within any particular device.

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Tags: Nokia e90, FCC, 3G