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RIM plans to expand to Windows Mobile devices

Think the recent Blackberry outage will slow RIM’s progress? Think again…

Research In Motion is set to roll out new software that will let users turn smart phones running on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform into virtual BlackBerrys.

Wow. Now instead of the battery on a WM device last 2 hours you’ll only get about 45 minutes of use out of it. That puts it on par with the iPhone, if you can believe the rumors.

The software will appear as an icon on the screen of a smart phone and will have the same interface as a BlackBerry. Users will be able to toggle between the Windows Mobile and BlackBerry interfaces, the company said.

Hmmm…does that mean we’ll see smart phones will scroll wheels and/or trackballs? While I think this is a great idea on RIM’s part, my experience with smart phones has been that the battery life is dreadful and smart phones aren’t designed to preserve battery life like a Blackberry.