A device submitted to the FCC for approval by RIM looks to be the exact same thing as the Nokia AD-42W (picture below) audio gateway. You pair your mobile phone to this little box that sits in your stereo shelf connected to your (hopefully expensive) speaker system and then proceed to enjoy the latest Britney Spears album. Whether I find this useful or not is irrelevant, the question that is bouncing around in my head is why is RIM suddenly taking an interest in multimedia and how will that effect their perception in the market?
RIM after all is the only enterprise device manufacture I know of using 3.5 mm headphone jacks, a concept I’m hoping the Europeans and Asians catch on.
[Via: Engadget]
