Research In Motion (RIM) Co-CEO Jim Balsillie today unveiled BlackBerry Tag, a new way to effortless share content between BlackBerry smartphones by way of ‘tapping’. BlackBerry Tag takes advantage of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology included in the recently launched slew of BlackBerry devices, and enables BB users to add one another via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) by simply tapping their smartphones together. BlackBerry Tag supports transfers of contact information, documents, URLs, photos and other multimedia content. Think “Bump” for iPhone and Android, only more far-reaching at OS level.
BlackBerry Tag will be incorporated in the next BlackBerry 7 OS update. RIM has announced that it has plans to release BlackBerry Tag APIs to developers to take advantage of the “tap to share” functionalities in applications.
Keep your eyes peeled, BB users. Tag me, tag me!
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RIM Unveils BlackBerry Tag – Coming Soon to BlackBerry Smartphones
- BlackBerry Tag enables effortless ‘tap to share’ exchanges of multimedia content and contact info between friends
- Friends can also add each other as BBM contacts with a simple ‘tap’
Dubai, UAE – GITEX – October 10, 2011 – During his keynote presentation at the GITEX conference in Dubai, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) Co-CEO Jim Balsillie today unveiled a new way for BlackBerry® smartphone users to connect with one another and share multimedia content.
BlackBerry® Tag, which will be incorporated in the next BlackBerry® 7 OS update*, will allow users to share contact information, documents, URLs, photos and other multimedia content by simply tapping their BlackBerry smartphones together. BlackBerry Tag will also enable friends to instantly add one another as contacts on BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger).
“BlackBerry Tag is an exciting and innovative feature that makes sharing contact information and multimedia content effortless and seamless,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “BlackBerry Tag opens a new dimension to the BlackBerry platform that is powerful, simple and intuitive and we think it will be welcomed by both users and developers.”
BlackBerry Tag takes advantage of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology included in the recently launched BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9350/9360/9370 smartphones, and these are the first BlackBerry smartphones that will support BlackBerry Tag.
RIM also announced plans to expose BlackBerry Tag through APIs on the BlackBerry platform, allowing software developers to take advantage of “tap to share” functionality from within their own applications.
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