Now that RIM is offering two models with real support for playing audio and video files, the company has announced that it is allowing developers to access the multimedia capabilities of the BlackBerry Pearl and 8800.

“Push-email paved the way for the early success of this market, but mobile applications will drive the next phase,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “We are now opening the BlackBerry platform further with the release of additional APIs that can help fuel the next wave of mobile applications in areas such as Social Networking, Multi-Media, eCommerce, News and Information Services, and Location-Based Services.”

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The CTIA Wireless tradeshow is going on now in Orlando, and HP using taking the opportunity to show off the iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger, the device that will be this company’s first smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.

Not part of the demonstration, though, is any word on when this device will hit the market, or what carriers will be offering it.

The reason for this is HP might still be be working on this iPAQ. In past few months, its screen resolution has changed from 176 by 220 pixels to 240 by 320 pixels.

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