Rumor alert: Research In Motion working on wireless file transfer for BlackBerry – use RIM’s BES servers to transfer data

We love rumors – especially when they have a distinct possibility of becoming reality. We’re not sure how legit this particular rumor is, but it sure is enticing.

Word on the street is that Research In Motion, makers of the addictable (yes it’s a word, we just made it up) BlackBerry handsets, is hard at work on a wireless file transfer tech. The new feature would allow CrackBerry addicts to move files between their computer and their mobile phones sans cables, wires, or even Bluetooth. RIM is allegedly planning to pull this off by routing all your files through the same type of server that makes the BlackBerry’s legendary push email functionality so, uh, legendary.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that the technology will be dubbed BlackBerry Home Server (BHS) – complementing the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) that’s responsible for that push email we just mentioned.

Cross your fingers, people. We’d love to see this tech actually reach the market in the near future – if not from RIM, then from someone else. Wireless file transfer could transform the way we interact with our converged handhelds. It’s great to have all our electronic gizmos in one powerful device, but if we have to get within 30 feet of, or physically connect with, our computers to actually synchronize files. Microsoft had the right idea with their wireless ActiveSync options, but they just didn’t go far enough.

We’ll keep you updated on this one, stay tuned!

[Via: Boy Genius Report]