BlackBerry to Support Google Talk
January 12th, 2006
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that Google Talk instant messaging and Google Local for mobile will be supported on the BlackBerry wireless platform.
Instant messaging and local content are two increasingly important areas of focus for mobile applications and we are very pleased to work with Google in extending these two popular Google services to BlackBerry users. Google Talk for BlackBerry and Google Local for mobile will offer additional flexibility to BlackBerry customers in terms of how, when and where they stay in touch.
Google Talk for BlackBerry is expected to be available in the early Spring of 2006. Google Local for mobile is available today at www.google.com/glm. Both applications will be free, subject to any data service rates applicable for downloading and using the applications with a limited data plan.
