RIM Trying To Woo Customers With Porn, Gambling Apps?

AZA43 writes "Everybody knows that BlackBerry-maker RIM is hurting these days. But is it hurting enough to try to attract new customers with the promise of porn and/or gambling apps? A new rating system added to RIM's BlackBerry App World store suggests that it just may be that desperate. The new 'Adult' rating covers, 'graphic sexual content, graphic nudity,' 'graphic violence,' and gambling apps 'as permitted by law.' And that suggests RIM will allow this kind of content into App World, in stark contrast to Apple's no-porn-on-the-iPhone stand."

Comments

I dunno, are they?

[jhoegl]

Why are you asking a question... isnt reporting supposed to answer questions?
It is like when the news asks "Why are gas prices so high?" and then never answer it, but instead focus on the woes of the common person having to pay $200/week because they opted in on that oversized pickup that made their penis seem bigger.

Rant Off....

Uhhhh

[M0j0_j0j0]

Why not! are they like a catholic company or something!!

Re:Uhhhh

[ColdWetDog]

Blackberry is the phone of choice for organised crime as was revealed very clearly in the London riots. So maybe they've decided to embrace the dark side further.

Well, yes, politicians have been using Blackberries for years. Try and keep up.

Re:Uhhhh

[stanlyb]

So, you have a choice: Either fuck and have BB, or be fucked and have iPhone......
Is this really a choice?

Re:Really?

[VinylRecords]

What could compete with the glory of undulating breasts in 1080p?

How about a real woman's breasts undulating in front of you?

Less Puritanical

[Anonymous Coward]

RIM is from Canada: fewer puritans, healthier attitude towards sex.

Sign of the End approaching

[ackthpt]

I usually associated the impending death of shopping centers with the presence of video stores, like Blockbuster. Dollar stores are also a sign things are less than fashionable in the prospective renter department.

RIM going in this direction is effectively encouraging undesirable, unfashionable business, which could be their death knell. Sure, there's a market for such things, but it's not going to be in the board room, sensitive as business is regarding Harrassment claims.

A new low

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you fucking serious? Porn? Just because there is an adult rating you equate it with porn?

Why not just change the name of this site to the "Apple Felcher's Worship Site" and get it over with?

Re:A new low

[whisper_jeff]

As a follow up to my own post (after reader through more links), I am baffled where the author of the article got that graphic because RIM's dev blog has a different graphic - http://rimdevblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/app-world-content-rating-1.jpg - and it has a very different limit to sexual content.
  To quote:

"Black Berry App World will not accept apps with graphic nudity."

So, while the article's graphic pretty clearly does describe porn, I am baffled as to where that graphic came from...

Seems like quite the FUD to me...

freedom

[Lehk228]

blackberries have had "sideloading" and ability to load audio files as ringers and chimes since forever, they have always been more respecting of personal freedom, i can load any compatible and signed OS image regardless of what my carrier wants bundled. only thing i could ask for would be the ability to load OS images signed by other parties/ untrusted keys and simply have the security chip authenticate only against things that recognize the other signing keys as meaningful

Desparate or Freemarket?

[bityz]

Normally /. is up in arms over any attempt to censor developers. Now somebody is saying "we won't censor developers, but we will make it easy for users to self-select" and they're getting trashed for it.

Seems a little hypocritical.