Palm Inc. and BlackBerry Maker Will Sign a Licensing Agreement
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Today an announcement is expected that will greatly alter the cell-phone market (at least for those offering e-mail and related services). Palm, who developed the PDA into what we know it to be today and RIM, who brought the ever-popular BlackBerry to the market, will sign a licensing agreement that will integrate BlackBerry’s e-mail and communcations software (aptly named BlackBerry Connect) on the Treo line of PDA’s. The benefits are quite obvious:
The deal is significant because it gives Palm, a 10-year-old Silicon Valley company, a greater opportunity to sell Treos to corporations that have spent substantial sums outfitting their workers with BlackBerrys, which are still big sellers among business users.
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