Blackberry Gets Vetoed, and Version 6 Release

While RIM is readying the official debut of version 6 of its operating system, some bad news come from unexpected places. Starting from October 11, RIM services (e.g. chat, e-mail) will be banned in UAE. The reason is that the government wants to control its citizens' correspondence, and the innocuous wish cannot come true with the servers being out of the country. The situation is similar to that in Russia, the only difference being that RIM agreed to its servers being moved to Russia and controlled by the intelligence service. I cannot understand why the company couldn't reach an agreement with UAE. If they managed to do the trick in Russia, there shouldn't be any moral, technical or ethical problems on the RIM side in UAE. It's a big secret to me.

Let's get back to the RIM announcements, though. On August 3, there will be a joint presentation with AT&T in the U.S., where the slider will probably be shown. If you can't wait to see the BOLD 9780 for Europe, the corresponding video is already available online. Just take a look.