"The Application Center—we’re running out of variants of the term “application store!”—is set to debut with the BlackBerry Storm software version 4.7."

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Of course it´s the natural evolution for all handset manufacturers, but it´s strange that it takes newcomer Apple to push the others to develop their far older platforms. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ? Well, it is still a bit embarassing to see the giants clone Apple products (eg. mindless rip-offs like this).