Information Appliance  Associates has just announced a licensing agreement with BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion that will offer PocketMac for BlackBerry to Mac users, free of charge.

Now $29.99, PocketMac for BlackBerry is a desktop application that enables Mac users to synchronize data between their BlackBerrysdevices and Macintosh applications including core OS X  version 10.4 "Tiger" applications and Microsoft Entourage.

RIM has licensed the complete version of PocketMac for BlackBerry from IAA and
the companies plan ongoing product development collaboration. PocketMac for
BlackBerry synchronizes the email, contacts, calendar, tasks and notes of
Microsoft Entourage, OS X's Address Book and iCal, Now Contact and Now
Up-to-Date, DayLite, and Stickies, among other applications.

This solution for Macintosh synchronization is expected to be
available as a free download at www.blackberry.com beginning next month.