T-Mobile International and Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) yesterday announced plans to support a wider choice of devices with push-based BlackBerry® email services. Through the introduction of BlackBerry Connect™ and BlackBerry Built-In™, T-Mobile is extending the range of devices on which BlackBerry services are supported and available to business professionals in Europe.
This is a timely move, given how products like the Exchange Mobile Services, Intellisync's push email services, and GoodLink wireless messaging, which enable Blackberry-like push-mail functionality for pocketpc and other devices, are rapidly coming onstream. This should allow RIM to consolidate it's market share, even if it sells fewer handsets; services are usually a better thing to sell.
