On the heels of crucial patent deals with Palm Inc. (
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Handspring (
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has now added mobile phone giant Nokia as a licensing partner.
RIM announced a deal with Nokia (Quote, Company Info) to license certain
Blackberry software for use in Nokia products, most likely cell phones.
The non-exclusive deal, terms of which weren't disclosed, gives Nokia the
right to use and distribute parts of the BlackBerry (define)
wireless enterprise platform that handles wireless data delivery.
The BlackBerry architecture supports back-end integration,
end-to-end security and push-based wireless applications. BlackBerry is
also a line of mobile e-mail devices that runs on narrowband PCS 800 MHz
DataTAC networks or narrowband PCS 900 MHz Mobitex networks.
The two companies did not say which portions of the BlackBerry software were
included in the deal and it is not yet clear what exactly Nokia plans to
incorporate into its suite of mobile products.
