RIM buys Documents To Go maker

RIM, the company behind BlackBerry, seems to have purchased DataViz, the maker of Documents To Go. Documents To Go allows just about any smartphone to view and edit Microsoft Office documents. The purchase has not been made publicly.

What was made public was a statement revealing Documents To Go development would not continue for webOS. “We regret to announce that we have made the difficult decision to not produce a Web OS version of Documents To Go. We understand that our delay in this area has caused much disappointment to our current and very loyal user base”

Following up on several DataViz employees LinkedIn employment changes to RIM, Crackberry broke the story and believes RIM made the purchase to keep focused on enterprise sales. DataViz began developing for PalmOS back in the day. It seems it is a sad day for Palm webOS fans. Documents To Go is considered the standard for editing/viewing MS Office documents.

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