RIM licenses Microsoft's exFAT file system to stuff extra-large files into BlackBerry devices

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[RIM](http://www.engadget.com/tag/RIM/) has big ambitions for media on BlackBerry hardware -- really big. Accordingly, it just reached a patent licensing deal with Microsoft that lets it use the [exFAT](http://www.engadget.com/tag/exFAT/) file system on "certain BlackBerry devices." We have a hunch that's a reference to future [BlackBerry 10](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/blackberry-10-hands-on-video/) phones and tablets rather than retrofits of existing (and likely incapable) mobile gear. The move will let any devices that do recognize exFAT handle much larger files, such as long videos, in addition to streamlining transfers between computers and other gadgets. The conditions of the deal haven't been given out, but we suspect RIM's negotiations with Microsoft were on more voluntary terms than those faced by [Android supporters](http://www.engadget.com/tag/microsoft,license,android).

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