Hutch now powers the stylish and powerful new BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone
Released on = March 23, 2007, 4:21 am
Press Release Author = InfoMailers.com
Industry = Advertising
Press Release Summary = \"The thinnest BlackBerry with built-in GPS support, multimedia features and expandable memory card slot\"
Press Release Body = Corporate & Business News from India\'s Premier Corporate Newswire, InfoMailers.com
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Friday, March 23, 2007 (InfoMailers.com) :: Hutch, one of India's leading telecom service providers, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) have announced the BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone, which will be available from Hutch starting last week of March.
The BlackBerry 8800 from Hutch offers customers a unique blend of performance and elegance. It features built-in GPS (Global Positioning System), a first for a BlackBerry handset in India. Through its built-in GPS, the BlackBerry 8800 can provide \"out-of-the-box\" support for a wide variety of location based applications and services.
Featured a full QWERTY keyboard, RIM's new trackball navigation system for fast and intuitive navigation, as well as a media player and a microSD expandable memory slot, the BlackBerry 8800 also comes with proven and popular BlackBerry features including support for phone, email, text messaging, web browser, organizer, corporate data applications and more.
"Hutch is pleased to present the BlackBerry 8800 to its subscribers, - one the most innovative smartphones launched in India," said Harit Nagpal, Marketing Director, Hutch. "It provides our customers access to work and personal information in addition to offering new features for increased productivity and connectivity without compromising power and functionality. These features make BlackBerry an outstanding communications tool for our customers, with the added appeal of being thin and stylish."
"The BlackBerry 8800 is a high-performance, high-quality handset and is optimised to satisfy the most demanding mobile professionals with its thin profile, premium finish design, full-featured phone and best-in-class application performance," said Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific at RIM. "BlackBerry users from Hutch will also be impressed by a range of new features available with this full keyboard handset, including built-in GPS, a trackball navigation system and media player."
The new BlackBerry 8800 from Hutch also offers: . An ultra-bright, high resolution (320 x 240) landscape color display - images appear vivid and crisp . An innovative light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments . An incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated \'menu\' and \'escape\' keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast . 64MB built-in flash memory, expandable through microSD expansion slot . An ultra-thin high-capacity battery . Premium phone features with noise cancellation for enhanced audio performance, Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated \'send\', \'end\', and \'mute\' keys, low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth® for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals . Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding . Support for polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ring tunes . Multimedia player with stereo headset jack (supports MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video formats) . High performance HTML browser for visiting favorite web sites while on the go . Support for popular Instant Messaging (IM) applications such as Yahoo!® Messenger and Google Talk . Fast performance, operating on Hutch's GSM/GPRS/EDGE network . BlackBerry® Internet Service support - allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts . BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support - integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, IBM Lotus® Domino® and Novell® GroupWise® environments and features a new set of IT policy controls for managing the BlackBerry 8800's features and usage. The Blackberry 8800 Smartphone is priced at Rs. 31,990/-
For more information, please visit www.hutch.in or www.blackberry8800.com.
About Hutchison Essar Limited
Hutchison Essar with over 25.34 million* mobile users under the Hutch brand, is one of the most reputed telecom companies in India. Over the years, it has been named the 'Most Respected Telecom Company', the 'Best Mobile Service in the country', and the 'Most Creative and 'Most Effective Advertiser of the Year'.
Hutch offers a wide range of user-friendly services that makes a customers life simple and fulfils all his entertainment and information requirements. Hutch has been a pioneer in India to provide innovative services like video clips on a 2.5 G network, Mobile Banking, MSN Hotmail and Messenger on Hutch phones, Java Games, Hutch Mail, a voice recognition portal and many more such initiatives.
*Figures from Cellular Operators Association of India, February 28, 2007.
About Research In Motion (RIM) Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless HandheldT product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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