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“The number of wireless device users with access to inbound
and outbound information services and Internet messaging will
increase a whopping 728% from 7.4 million in 1999 to 61.5
million by 2003 in the United States alone.”
The Internet Goes Wireless, International Data Corporation, February 8, 2000
•Other solutions include financial applications
such as stock trading and charting provided
by w-Trade™ Technologies, Aether and
Outercurve Finance™, to dispatching
services offered by Descartes, Comtrack and
Millennium Softworks and database access
from Sybase™, Inc.
RIM has developed an open platform for
application development, with over 8000 software
development kits distributed to date.
RIM plans to support the Java 2 Micro Edition
(J2ME), as well as Sun’s K Virtual Machine (KVM).
This will provide an industry standard programming
platform that significantly eases the development
and deployment of wireless applications. Support
for J2ME and KVM on RIM Wireless Handhelds
opens application development to a large, growing
community of Java technology developers.
Solutions
Compaq Computer
Corporation
RIM and Compaq announce
a strategic relationship and
distribution agreement.
February 28, 2000
Rogers
AT&T Wireless
RIM signs an agreement with
Rogers AT&T Wireless to supply
BlackBerry Internet Edition
in Canada.
March 15, 2000
Aether
Systems Inc.
Aether to license and host the
BlackBerry service and become
a reseller of the BlackBerry
wireless email solution.
April 11, 2000
Motient
Corporation
Motient and RIM announce a
distribution agreement
for the BlackBerry wireless
email solution.
April 24, 2000