RIM has also updated the PlayBook tablet to add video chat, BlackBerry Messenger, Docs Editing and home-screen browser bookmarks. RIM even offered a demo of some soon-to-be-released Android apps for the PlayBook, including the ever-popular Angry Birds game. And RIM promised native e-mail is soon to come.
But is it enough to impress investors and analysts -- and more importantly, consumers? Al Hilwa, an analyst at IDC, is impressed with some of RIM's partnership moves and is bullish on the future of PlayBook and BlackBerry devices.
RIM and Adobe are working closely to offer a better Adobe Flash experience. Although Adobe has worked with RIM on the PlayBook and was working with QNX Software Systems even before RIM's acquisition, Hilwa said the partnership is a synergetic move for both companies because they need each other to make Flash a strong platform for mobile devices. The PlayBook's BlackBerry Tablet OS is based on QNX software.
And Hilwa likes the IBM move. "Also getting deeper with RIM is IBM, which is integrating some of its Lotus assets with the BlackBerry platform and positioning itself as ready for enterprise mobility," he said. "This has been congruent with RIM's strategy to open up development for its platforms, and it will pay dividends in the long run."
But despite all the announcements, it was the Microsoft Bing deal that especially caught Hilwa's attention because the mobile wars are bringing competitors together. As he sees it, the Bing deal is a showcase of the new age of disruptive change in platforms.
"Given how RIM is positioning its platform as open for all developers, and given Microsoft's strong developer...
Source: http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=78411
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