RIM announced some time ago that software developers for the BlackBerry OS platform would be able to integrate BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) functionality into their apps via the BBM Social Platform. Telmap is the first company to take advantage of this new capability by building in BBM functions into the latest version of its navigation app.
With the new version of Telmap's app, users can request and confirm location sharing through BBM. Then contacts can be seen on a map and navigation directly to the contact's location can be provided by the Telmap app. At this point, functionality is limited to a service similar to what Google Latitude offers, but it may be expanded upon with future releases.
Telmap's software is usually branded by carriers and used as their own navigation apps. Telmap will be showing off its updated app at BlackBerry World next week, though it is unknown when users will be able to access it.
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