Copying what Apple and Google have done to encourage new starts to build applications for their platforms, RIM have announced that they are putting together a $150m Blackberry mobile app fund. But there’s a very smart twist. This fund is being build in association with Reuters, a very clever publisher who definitely gets it when it comes to all things 2.0.

Compared to the rather depressingly repetitive and dull lists of Apple and Android apps that are available, this has the potential to wheel in some new and powerful business models. We can hope.

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