RIM discontinuing Flickr BlackBerry app in March?!

Some reports earlier today made mention of the Flickr app for BlackBerry being discontinued as of March 1. Now, for whatever reason Research In Motion has pulled the referenced document so that users can no longer view it. That of course leads us to believe there is some validity to the fact it really could end up being removed so we went looking for the document. As you can see above, it does look as though it will be discontinued. Honestly, I'm not to sure of how popular an app Flickr really is? Does anyone really use it? Will it be missed if Research In Motion does pull it? I've used it a few times but I can't say it's an app I use all the time so I'd likely never miss it. But really, they still support ICQ. Removing Flickr just seems odd unless they have an alternative in the works.

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