{"id":156,"date":"2006-01-13T21:23:57","date_gmt":"2006-01-14T02:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/01\/13\/google-for-blackberry-no-talking\/"},"modified":"2006-01-13T21:23:57","modified_gmt":"2006-01-14T02:23:57","slug":"google-for-blackberry-no-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/01\/13\/google-for-blackberry-no-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Google for BlackBerry — no talking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got a BlackBerry and eager to use Google Talk for voice-over-Internet calls? Keep dreaming, friend. Russell Shaw, who blogs for ZDNet on IP telephony — and also happens to have a blog devoted to the BlackBerry<\/a> handheld from Canada’s own Research In Motion — clarified something I was wondering about as far as the recent announcement that Google Talk would soon be available for the CrackBerry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you read the press release, you’ll notice that there’s lots of mentions of Google Talk, but no real mention of… well, actually talking. Russell explains why in his recent post<\/a>: Because RIM depends on carriers such as Verizon and Sprint\/Nextel to subsidize and market its handhelds, and the carriers would hit the roof if they found out that RIM was providing a way for BlackBerry users to get around the calling plans of the company’s partners. Russell posted something<\/a> to his BlackBerry blog too.<\/p>\n

Makes sense for RIM. Too bad for BlackBerry users — although it’s nice to see the handheld maker branching out.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Got a BlackBerry and eager to use Google Talk for voice-over-Internet calls? Keep dreaming, friend. Russell Shaw, who blogs for ZDNet on IP telephony — and also happens to have a blog devoted to the BlackBerry handheld from Canada’s own Research In Motion — clarified something I was wondering about as far as the recent … <\/p>\n

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