Research In Motion have announce the introduction of a new style of BlackBerry Smartphone.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 - Introducing the Fliphone to the portfolio of business handsets.Combining all standard BlackBerry Smartphone features and network connectivity such as GPRS/EDGE and Wifi (GPS variant to follow) with a new style dual-screen fliphone design - the new BlackBerry Pearl 8220 allows you to screen calls on the small outer screen and gives a clear, large and versatile keyboard combined with a clear LCD screen
RIM release Service Pack 5 for Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1
The long awaited release of Service Pack 5 for Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1 (Lotus/Exchange) includes
* BlackBerry Instant Messaging for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 v2.0 * BlackBerry Instant Messaging for Lotus Sametime v2.0 * BlackBerry Instant Messaging for Groupwise Messenger v2.0 * Free-busy calendar lookup* * BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager * BlackBerry® Monitoring Service * The ability to download and edit email attachments in native file formats* * Certification for the latest platforms
* Will require version 4.5 software on handsets - to be released separately by carrier networks
This update is available for customers who have purchased Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1 for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino (standard and small business edition)
As always proceed with caution before applying service packs - speak to the Intercity Mobile Data Dept or your IMC Business Development Manager for more information on how to proceed.
RIM Blackberry 8110 - Now available exclusively to Vodafone
The small and stylish BlackBerry Pearl 8110 includes rich multimedia features together with powerful communications capabilities
With its built-in GPS combined with WayFinder Navigator, the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 allows users to pinpoint their location, get audible, turn-by-turn navigation, and plan and share routes . BlackBerry 8110 Features * Voice activated dialling * Advanced noise and echo cancellation * Up to 4.5 hours talk time and 14 days standby time * Integrated GPS * Bluetooth™ enabled * Trackball navigation * USB Charging * 64MB embedded memory * MicroSD expansion slot * 2MP camera with flash * Multi media Player * Polyphonic/MIDI ring tones * Trackball navigation
Telmap Navigator * Powered by Telmap Navigator using built in GPS * Latest version of 3D Mapping * UK and Ireland maps included * Live traffic and speed safety camera alerts * Location search with full postcode, streets, intersections and towns * Full pedestrian navigation experience * In-car navigation with moving maps * Easy location finder * Telmap Navigator requires a separate monthly subscription - speak to your IMC Business Development Manager for pricing.
PRESS RELEASE - O2, a leading provider of mobile services to UK consumers and businesses, and Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today introduced the new BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in the UK. In its small, stylish and elegant design, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 provides rich multimedia features together with all the popular functionality users have come to expect from the BlackBerry wireless solution.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 comes complete with a 2 megapixel digital camera with a 5x zoom and video capture capability, an externally accessible microSD/SDHC slot and Wi-Fi connectivity support. These new features, along with an enhanced visual interface, add to the renowned BlackBerry smartphone experience for email, phone, messaging (SMS, IM, MMS), web browsing, multimedia, organiser and other mobile applications.
Sleek and Stylish With a New Blue Finish
Available in a sleek blue finish, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone from O2 maintains its ultra-stylish design, measuring only 107mm x 55mm x 14mm and weighing approximately 91g.
Easy-To-Use
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 provides an exceptional user experience through its trackball navigation system and RIM’s popular SureType keyboard system. SureType — which allows a narrower handset design while maintaining easy phone dialing and message typing — has been enhanced to allow word completion, easier editing of misspelled words and a built-in spell checker.
Connectivity Options
In addition to quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, O2 customers can also enjoy the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 with faster web browsing and expanded wireless data coverage via Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) networks. To meet various security requirements for users accessing a Wi-Fi connection, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is compliant with Wi-Fi security protocols including WEP (Wireless Equivalency Protocol), WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2.
Multimedia To Go
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 comes with a 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and enhanced flash. The camera also supports video capture in two resolutions: 240×180 or 176×144 for sharing via MMS.
The media player now allows users to create and edit playlists right on the handset. Alternatively, users can manage their media files from their PC with the Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry, which is included with the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software. The Roxio software was developed with Sonic and is based on the award-winning Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, making it easy for users to search for media files on their computer, view and organise them, create MP3 music files from CDs, create playlists, add audio tags and album art, and convert files for optimal playback.
Roxio Photosuite 9 LE is also included – this comprehensive tool makes it easy to create photo albums and edit pictures. Pictures can also be cropped, rotated and straightened, redeye can be removed, and brightness, contrast and saturation levels can all be changed.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 supports the Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP), and comes with a standard 3.5 mm stereo headset jack so that users can plug in their preferred headphones or speakers. The handset also provides the convenience of an externally accessible microSD/SDHC memory card slot for additional storage of music, videos and pictures.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 also supports high-speed USB for transferring files between the handset and a PC at data throughput rates of up to 10MB/sec.
Enhanced User Interface
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 features an enhanced visual interface that integrates a new font rendering technology which displays characters beautifully, with greater legibility at even the smallest point sizes. The new technology is evident throughout the visual interface, complementing the new look of the BlackBerry email client, calendar, address book, task list, memo pad and web browser, while also enhancing other applications.
The BlackBerry Browser is further improved with a new “Page View” option that displays a full web page on the screen along with a magnifying glass that allows the user to quickly and accurately point and zoom on a specific area of the web page. Users can also press and hold the trackball to toggle between the “Column View” (which presents the web page in a continuous column for easy reading and scrolling on the go) and the “Page View.”
Advanced Phone Features
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 offers many convenient phone features including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), Bluetooth 2.0 support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals, dedicated ’send’, ‘end’, and ‘mute’ keys, smart dialing, speed dialing, conference calling, call forwarding, a low-distortion speakerphone for hands-free conversations and support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones.
The smartphone also includes new features that improve phone audio quality including enhanced background noise, wind and echo cancellation for better performance in loud environments such as airports, restaurants or busy downtown streets. An ‘enhance call audio’ feature also allows the user to boost the phone audio’s bass or treble while on a call.
Broad Email Support
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is supported on BlackBerry Internet Service, giving users access to up to 10 supported work or personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts), as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments.
Availability
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone will be available from O2 UK at a range of prices subject to tariff from 5th November 2007.
Designed for the consumer and searchable in categories such News, Sports, Games etc offering 30-day or sometimes free software designed specifically for your BlackBerry handset.
Vodafone UK and Research In Motion have announced the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 with built-in GPS. The new smartphone includes Vodafone Sat Nav, a powerful and user friendly navigation application.
The BlackBerry Curve 8310 is a powerful and intuitive smartphone, making it easier for busy people on the move to make calls, email, surf the net, take and send photographs, listen to music, watch videos, and access their organiser, calendar and a range of business and leisure applications. Combining its built-in GPS functionality with Vodafone Sat Nav, the BlackBerry Curve 8310 becomes a powerful all-in-one navigation system packed into a very small and stylish design.
Vodafone Sat Nav, powered by Telmap, helps customers avoid getting stuck in traffic jams with instant access to live traffic alerts; and provides weather updates and a host of other useful information such as restaurant reviews. Customers also can be reassured that they have the most up-to-date maps and directions on their smartphone, as it quickly retrieves information over the Vodafone network refreshing maps every three months.
Edit: Detailed Specifications available here PDF available in the Files section in the right hand column of this page.
The Blackberry 8300 - Codenamed Daytona now known as "The Curve" has been launched by Research In Motion.
The marketing website at http://www.blackberrycurve.com has been released and details of UK network providers will be available shortly.
This handset brings a QWERTY keyboard with the included 'Pearl' navigation system popular in the 8100 and 8800 handsets released earlier this year, as well as the included 2 megapixel camera.
Main Features
* Phone, email, text messaging (SMS and MMS), browser, instant messaging and organizer applications in a single smartphone * 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash * Next-generation media player with audio and video playback in a variety of formats* * High capacity battery * Preloaded with BlackBerry® Maps application** * Trackball navigation system * Dynamic, highly responsive experience when viewing attachments and graphics, browsing the web and running applications * Full QWERTY keyboard * Bluetooth® headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported * High resolution LCD screen with light sensing technology * Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones * 64 MB of memory and expandable memory via microSD card*** * Quad-band support for 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM™/GPRS and EDGE**** networks
A series of new IT policies have been developed to make managing the features and functionality of the newest BlackBerry® smartphones within your organization easy and intuitive.
Expandable Memory
Administrators can set IT policies to disable the smartphone's expandable memory capability and/or its ability to function as a USB mass storage device.Further, an IT policy allows administrators to control data encryption on the expandable memory card: they can disable encryption entirely or encrypt the content to the user password, the device key or both the user password and the device key.
Camera (8100 - Pearl)
An IT policy exists that allows the administrator to disable the BlackBerry® Pearl camera. Like all BlackBerry® Enterprise Server IT policies, this can be applied at an individual level, a group level or across the entire BlackBerry® smartphone deployment.
