RIM woos app makers with Marmalade software


APPS BOOST: A BlackBerry smartphone handset is pictured along with an Apple iPhone. RIM, which is facing stiff competition from iPhone, hopes to introduce thousands of new apps before its BlackBerry 10 hits market early next year. -Reuters

BANGALORE: Research In Motion Ltd said software development kit (SDK) maker Marmalade will offer licences to mobile applications developers to bring their games and apps to the BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets.

RIM, which has been trying to boost its library of apps to better compete with rivals such as Apple Inc, said the offer is expected to bring up thousands of new apps before its BlackBerry 10 hits market early next year.

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