Disqus
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]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
