BlackBerry Bold Smartphone Now Available from DOCOMO
Tokyo, Japan – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX:RIM) and DOCOMO today announced that the BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone is now available at DOCOMO corporate and retail channels nation-wide in Japan.
Designed to give business professionals and power users exceptional functionality and performance, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone leverages DOCOMO’s high-speed 3G network to offer an exceptional mobile experience with support for global roaming*. It offers premium phone features, industry-leading email and messaging capabilities, a full-featured organizer, fast web browsing and powerful multimedia capabilities, as well as access to a wide range of other mobile business and lifestyle applications. The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone from DOCOMO features a newly designed QWERTY keyboard with Japanese text input support, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi®. Among the smartphone’s rich set of multimedia capabilities is an optional 2 megapixel camera with video recording – DOCOMO will also offer a model with no camera – and an advanced media player for music, videos and pictures. In addition, it includes the new BlackBerry® Media Sync application, allowing customers to easily synchronize their iTunes® digital music collections with the smartphone.**
* Check with DOCOMO for roaming services.
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.
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 Handheld™ 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 http://www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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