RIM is offering all Blackberry users the ability to participate in testing pre-release device software and RIM apps like the upcoming Twitter client (which sucks, stay with UberTwitter). Presently, the only offerings appear to be variants of OS 5.0 for the 8520 and 8530.
I have to say, this Blackberry Beta Zone makes a ton of sense. Clearly, RIM was leaking OSs to sites like BlackberryOS.com and Crackberry.com, among others. Now, there’s a central repository for the leaks. No longer will Blackberry adventure seekers need to scour the chatboards or purchase apps like BBOSAlert to learn of leaks.
If I were RIM, I would go one step further and post the blurry pre-release device photos to the Blackberry Beta Zone.
Users can be selected to participate in a beta by completing a profile on the site. To get started, head over to https://www.blackberry.com/beta/
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