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BlackBerry manufacturer RIM is a far-reaching partnership with You I Labs, the design firm behind the Android skin HTC Sense. Previously bought RIM all the channels that the interface of Android 1.0 has been designed.

You I Labs is for RIM to work on future interfaces for tablets and smartphones, said GigaOM on the basis of anonymous sources. None of both companies, the partnership has confirmed. Previously there have been a possible acquisition, but RIM will only work with the design agency.

RIM is busy with the design of its interfaces, because it is with the QNX-OS a comeback, wants to take on the smartphone market. Although in countries such as the Netherlands, great going with the sales, the sale of blackberrys in North America collapsed. RIM has its hopes on a new, still unannounced version of BlackBerry OS, which is based on QNX. The tablet PlayBook is running on the last year RIM purchased operating system.

HTC introduced its Android skin, Sense, in June 2009, simultaneously with its third Android phone HTC Hero. Since then, there are a lot of elements added, but the design and the interface is little changed. It is unclear whether the design except for RIM to HTC to get started.

RIM bought last year, The Astonishing Tribe, the design firm that for Google, the interface of Android 1.0 designed. Some elements, like the notification bar, sitting still in Android. Others, such as the tab that the main menu at the top could be drawn, have been replaced by other interface elements.