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jibi · 03-25-2006, 07:41 PM

Just curious how others felt about this subject. With the recent pictures of the 8707v from Vodafone and its apparent implementation of a 'Today' summary screen (which I will assume will be spread to the other OS 4.1-capable handhelds), along with the release or planned release of IM clients for Yahoo, Google Talk, AOL/AIM, and ICQ, it appears that some of the more popular third party commercial and non-commercial applications (PocketDay, BBToday, VeriChat, IM+, etc.) could possibly be taking a hit in favor of the free/included software and feature functionality of the evolving RIM OS.

I'm not complaining one bit - free is always a good thing - but I do feel somewhat sorry for some of these third-party developers, as that community is still in its infancy and about to take a rather large hit over the next few months, in my opinion.

Opinions?

03-25-2006, 07:41 PM	#1
jibi BlackBerry God Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jibi's Secret Place Model: 8900 OS: 4.6.1.174 Carrier: AT&T Posts: 11,310	third-party software vs RIM official software/features Please Login to Remove! Just curious how others felt about this subject. With the recent pictures of the 8707v from Vodafone and its apparent implementation of a 'Today' summary screen (which I will assume will be spread to the other OS 4.1-capable handhelds), along with the release or planned release of IM clients for Yahoo, Google Talk, AOL/AIM, and ICQ, it appears that some of the more popular third party commercial and non-commercial applications (PocketDay, BBToday, VeriChat, IM+, etc.) could possibly be taking a hit in favor of the free/included software and feature functionality of the evolving RIM OS. I'm not complaining one bit - free is always a good thing - but I do feel somewhat sorry for some of these third-party developers, as that community is still in its infancy and about to take a rather large hit over the next few months, in my opinion. Opinions? __________________ In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.
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