Hold on to your hats folks, Nokia are at it again. Now, apparently, after several generations of happy functionality Nokia have decided that Blackberry is the Root of All Evil. More after the break. 

The long and short of it is that the newest, tastiest Nokias DO NOT work with Blackberry Connect clients. Indeed, I’ve tried installing BBC in numerous forms to the E71 and while it installs, the software pops up and says it’s “Not Authorized for this software version”. This is not a mistake. It’s by design!

According to Nokia’s UK Managing Director, going forward Nokia are kicking Blackberry Connect software off the platform in a bid to “give consumers a proper choice on what email solution they want”. I’m sorry? By reducing choice they’re giving consumers a ‘proper choice’? Let’s reword this into real world speak, “We are Nokia. We own the world. We wish to put a dent in Blackberry and harm them. Thus, we’re not going to allow their service to work with our handsets any longer.”

Memo to Nokia: Unless and until you have an end to end solution that can do what Blackberry does, especially in the case of Blackberry Internet Services subscribers (where the carrier performs the role of ’enterprise server’ for those of us without huge dedicated IT departments), you might want to reconsider such drastic moves.

Mind you, this is coming from someone who’s been a staunch Symbian adherant since the original E61 rolled out. I’ve tried the iPhone (and still have one), I have numerous WinMobile devices (which also offers Blackberry Connect, albeit with more limitations), I’ve tried SonyEricssons UIQ. I keep coming ‘home’.  

So, Nokia, I love your handsets. I love the way Blackberry works on them. I DON’T like actual Blackberry handsets. I need my Email. You’ve now prevented me from getting that Email (the internal S60 Email client is a joke and nothing else provides the functionality of BIS, which I use). This won’t get me off Blackberry service. It’ll mean my next handset isn’t a Nokia.

You can read the original article at ZDnet