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BlackBerry To Grow in China

RIM takes smartphone into untapped market

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2007 11:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – BlackBerry developer Research in Motion is pushing its smartphone into the huge Chinese market for personal communications devices, with major multinationals its first market target. Reuters reports RIM's Chinese partner, China Mobile, already has a two-thirds market share, but the Blackberry is expected to face... Read full story »

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