

“The BlackBerry platform offers unparalleled email and messaging capabilities for mobile customers and we are very pleased to be working with AOL to enable a rich mobile experience on BlackBerry smartphones for the tens of millions of people who use AOL Mail, AIM and ICQ,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion.ĪIM and ICQ users make up one of the largest and most dynamic online and mobile communities with tens of millions of users worldwide and AOL and RIM have been working together to develop native software applications for BlackBerry smartphones that deliver a desktop-like mobile experience for the popular instant messaging services.



“By integrating our AOL Mail, AIM and ICQ services with the BlackBerry platform, users will have an exceptional mobile communications experience anytime, anywhere.” “We’re thrilled to work with RIM to make our leading email and instant messaging services available to BlackBerry smartphone users worldwide,” said Kevin Conroy, Executive Vice President for AOL. The deep integration of AOL’s popular communications services with BlackBerry smartphones will allow consumers around the world to seamlessly access AOL’s most popular services directly from their BlackBerry smartphone and communicate in real-time with business associates, family, friends and other contacts. NEW YORK and WATERLOO, ON – AOL and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of AOL’s leading AIM and ICQ instant messaging services as well as AOL Mail on BlackBerry® smartphones. That said, RIM is now offering AOL Mail, AIM, and ICQ on BlackBerry smartphones.ĪOL and RIM to Bring AOL Mail, AIM and ICQ Services to BlackBerry Smartphones Worldwide It must be hard on AOL – most of their customers have never been on the AOL site while folks with AOL.com mail accounts are considered pariahs at best and fools at worst.
