Bold move for the new BlackBerry…

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It seems that RIM are not playing nice when it comes to taking Apple on this time around. Distinctly unimpressed with their arch-nemesis taking a healthy slice of the PDA pie with the iPhone, the new Bold (née 9000) is going to take the fight to their opponent’s home turf with “Blackberry Media Sync”. Yup, it lets you hook up with iTunes, allowing playback of your music whilst reading fiscal reports, or whatever it is important folk are always scrolling through on the train. Our guess? It’ll work for about as long as it will take Apple to cook up the next iTunes update. Apple’s love for DRM definitely makes for an end of term report which reads “does not play well with others.” However, it’s one more (much needed) plus point for RIM’s newest smartphone, and the Bold’s powerful internal speaker does provide the salary man with ammunition against the street urchins playing ‘Umbrella’ full blast on public transport.

Source : CNET

Tags: Blackberry 9000, BlackBerry Bold, iPhone, iTunes