No audible gasp over here, but you might want to know that Research in Motion is continuing to court the consumer.
At CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008, RIM announced a deal with Internet radio site Slacker.com to let BlackBerry users stream music for free over their devices, or for $10 per month save individual songs on the hard drive.
That’s totally so chill, man.
But the let’s-mix-business-with-pleasure iPhone isn’t creating any competitive pressure to rethink the smartphone beyond the business user? Not at all, right?
Yesterday BlackBerry launched a flip-phone form factor for the Pearl, further evidence that it kind of *hearts* consumers these days.
GearLog: CTIA 2008: Free Slacker for BlackBerry Users
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