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At a Mexican Bold launch, this picture of RIM’s work-in-progress Twitter client for BlackBerry slipped out. We’ve been hearing about this project for awhile now, and even seen traces of it being used in the wild, but this is the first proper screenshot to surface. As you can see, it’s nothing mind-blowing, including the usual fare like friends timeline, your timeline, @ mentions, direct messages, people and keyword search, and lists, but the real killer feature here will be the use of push services to deliver mentions and messages in real-time. Seesmic is picking up steam, UberTwitter has a solid following, and SocialScope continues its closed beta, but few (if any) of these apps will stand a chance against RIM preloading their devices with their own Twitter client, especially if it’s the only one with push. The official BlackBerry Twitter client will apparently go live in February; RIM will have a full day for Mobile World Congress’ App Planet next month, which seems like a more than appropriate occasion to launch.
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
