"Research In Motion (RIM) made several announcements today at the BlackBerry Developer Conference. The mob-e-mail leader confirmed plans to launch a new online application storefront and on-device application center. It also introduced a new technology called BlackBerry Web Signals that leverages RIM's push architecture to automatically update content updates on BlackBerry smartphones.

Both moves are part of the greater trend started by Apple with the iPhone and furthered by Google with the Android platform to make it easier for smartphone users to buy and find the software they want and need and, more importantly, load it onto their devices..."

[Via www.psionplace.com]