Sexy BlackBerry…Age classification guidelines for BlackBerry’s app store seem to include the possibility of hardcore fun

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A couple of months ago, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) told its developer base that it would soon be instituting age ratings in its BlackBerry App World software shop. Those ratings, which have since been rolled out, and are broken down into four categories: General Teen: may not be suitable for children less than 13 years old Mature: may not be suitable for children less than 17 years old Adult. The Teen 13 rating is a rating that correlates with many age ratings around the world. The Mature 17 is pragmatic rating borrowed from the US video game world that allows the most into a rating without it getting banned by those who won’t allow adult only content. And its excellent to see that BlackBerry also have an adults only rating that seems to allow for the full range of sex and violence content. Teen 13 Mature 17 Adult Violence Mild to moderate cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence Frequent, intense or graphic cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence Extreme depictions of graphic violence Sex Infrequent/mild sexual content, situations or themes  Intense/frequent sexual content, situations or themes Graphic sexual content and graphic nudity Strong Language Infrequent/mild profanity or crude humour intense or graphic profanity or crude humour not applicable Drink/Drugs Infrequent/mild Intense/frequent drug/alcohol use or reference Content designed to encourage or promote drug or alcohol abuse This stance is in marked contrast to Apple’s anti-porn in iTunes standpoint, which former CEO Steve Jobs cemented with the following quote from 2010: We…believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.