RIM and T-Mobile Announce Blackberry for European Prosumers

<img src="images/logo-rim.gif" align="right">Waterloo, ON and London, UK - Research In Motion (RIM) and T-Mobile International today announced that they are working together to introduce the first BlackBerry offering for professional consumers and smaller firms in Germany, the UK and Austria, with other T-Mobile markets to follow.

The BlackBerry solution for the 'prosumer' (professional consumer) market will be available through T-Mobile and will integrate RIM's latest BlackBerry handhelds, software and service* with T-Mobile's advanced GSM/GPRS wireless networks and the highly successful T-Email platform that already supports 12 million subscribers.

The new offering, designed for individual purchasers who want an advanced handheld primarily for business-related use, will enable users to purchase a BlackBerry handheld through a T-Mobile retail channel and to connect easily to a T-Email or other POP3 or IMAP4 ISP email account.

Users of this solution will be able to read and respond to their email messages (including email attachments) wherever they are, with new email messages automatically 'pushed' to their handheld (no need to dial in). In addition to wireless email, the Java-based BlackBerry handhelds feature integrated phone, SMS, organizer and browser applications.

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