BlackBerry Jumps Into The Streaming Music Business

BlackBerry Gets Streaming Tunes

RESEARCH IN MOTION, the manufacturer of BLACKBERRY devices "is close to rolling out its own music streaming service that will work across its mobile devices, sources tell THE NEW YORK POST.

The report says UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, SONY MUSIC, WARNER MUSIC GROUP and EMI GROUP are all on board with RIM, and users can expect a LABOR DAY launch for the service in the U.S.

"RIM has been enhancing its BLACKBERRY Messenger offering," notes THE POST, "popularly known as BBM, since announcing its 'social platform' at last SEPTEMBER's DEFCON event where it unveiled the PLAYBOOK tablet computer."

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