Fancy BlackBerry on your WM6 handheld?

John Chan | Apr 25, 2007

Research In Motion (RIM), the company that makes the BlackBerry software, has announced it will have a new application software that will recreate its handheld's interface on Windows Mobile devices.

Much like how virtualization software works on PCs, this application appears in Windows Mobile 6 as a normal application and will still give the full BlackBerry experience within the device. Aside from the standard email functions, it will also support third-party programs written for the BlackBerry.

While the BlackBerry push-email service has already been available on certain Windows Mobile devices with the BlackBerry Connect software, it gave only those compatible handhelds push email functionality and not the full interface.

The new application will be available on selected Windows Mobile 6 devices, and will not work on the older Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. RIM plans to have it ready later this year, but was not able to confirm whether this will be rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region at the same time as in the US. The first devices to support this new application have not been announced.

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