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During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone announced that it will collaborate with Research In Motion (RIM) on the development of Vodafone consumer services for the BlackBerry platform. This move sees Vodafone add the BlackBerry platform to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms that it strategically supports. Other preferred platforms are Windows Mobile and Symbian S60, I guess.
Under the agreement, Vodafone and RIM will concentrate on “driving continued growth in business segments,” and specifically, focusing on growing broader adoption in the consumer segment. Vodafone applications and services will also be tightly integrated with the BlackBerry platform.
Yeah, the mobile operators refuse to change. It’s the (lucrative) control over user experience they prefer, rather than becoming dumb pipes…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
