RIM signs deal with Microsoft

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Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) has signed a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. to use the software company's latest file system technology on its smartphones.

The agreement – for which financial terms were not made available – gives RIM access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table technology, which makes the handling of large files easier.

As consumers use their smartphones for more and more multimedia applications such as watching and shooting high-definition videos, file sizes are ever growing.

Microsoft says the new system expands the size of files that flash memory devices can handle and increases the speed with which those files can be accessed.

"Today's smartphones and tablets require the capacity to display richer images and data than traditional cellular phones," said David Kaefer, general manager of intellectual property licensing at Microsoft.

"This agreement with RIM highlights how a modern file system, such as exFAT can help directly address the specific needs of customers in the mobile industry."

The deal comes as RIM works to launch the next generation of its BlackBerry smartphones.

The company's future is riding on the success of its BlackBerry 10 operating system and new phones expected early next year.

The new BlackBerry devices will arrive in a market already crowded with new offerings, including new smartphones from Nokia and Microsoft and several months behind the latest incarnation of the iPhone, which launches this Friday.

RIM shares were up 17 cents at $7.24 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday afternoon.
 
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Android and Apple dominate in smartphones, with 85 per cent of the worldwide market combined in the quarter.

Blackberry devices, meanwhile, came a distant third with 4.8 per cent of the market, compared to 11.5 per cent a year earlier.

Waterloo, Ont.-based Research In Motion, once Canada's high-tech heavyweight, has been working to turn around its operations as consumers switch to iPhones and smartphones running the Android operating system.

The company's future success rides on the unveiling of its BlackBerry 10 operating system and new phone.

But BB10 has suffered two major delays that have pushed its debut into early 2013, while Apple's new iPhone hits store this Friday.

LG Electronics says its Optimus G Android smartphone will launch next week in South Korea.

Other companies making Android devices include Samsung Electronics Co., HTC Corp. and Motorola Mobility, which Google now owns.

Here are IDC's figures for worldwide smartphone unit sales and market share in the second quarter of 2012, by operating system.

- Android (Google Inc.): 104.8 million units, 68.1 per cent share (46.9 per cent a year earlier)

- iOS (Apple Inc.'s iPhone): 26 million units, 16.9 per cent share (18.8 per cent a year earlier)

- BlackBerry (Research in Motion Ltd.): 7.4 million units, 4.8 per cent share (11.5 per cent a year earlier)

- Symbian (mostly used by Nokia Corp.): 6.8 million units, 4.4 per cent share (16.9 per cent a year earlier)

- Windows (Microsoft Corp.): 5.4 million units, 3.5 per cent share (2.3 per cent a year earlier)

- Linux: 3.5 million units, 2.3 per cent share (3.0 per cent a year earlier)

- Others: 0.1 million units, 0.1 per cent share (0.5 per cent a year earlier)
 
还以为卖给微软了呢.

这种小打小闹估计没多大作用.
 
not too much movement for rimm stock
 
:D:D:D
还以为卖给微软了呢.

这种小打小闹估计没多大作用.
:D:D:D
 
希望黑莓能起死回生,毕竟是本国企业。good luck.有不少朋友在里面。
 
女的用Iphone玩玩,爷们用那个就太花哨了吧
爷们就得用黑莓,哈!
 
哥们d手机60刀,在工作单位的时候用这个会不会被鄙视?:D
 
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