Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Bharti, Vodafone launch new BlackBerry smartphone

Leading mobile operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar on Tuesday launched yet another BlackBerry smartphone. Priced at Rs. 21,990, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone allows easy typing and dialling, besides incorporating many enhancements into its sleek flip design.

The spacious keyboard allows easy typing and dialling, while its external display helps in previewing calendar reminders, email, text messages and phone calls at a glance. It also has leading mobile messaging solution and a wide range of impressive Internet and multimedia capabilities.

“BlackBerry smartphones have been well-received in the Indian market and the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip will help expand the appeal of the BlackBerry platform to an even wider range of customers,” said Research In Motion (RIM) Vice-President (India) Frenny Bawa.

The combination of RIM’s powerful mobile email solution and rich multimedia capabilities, together with support for text messaging, picture messaging, enhanced web browsing and built-in Wi-Fi, makes the BlackBerry Pearl Flip ideal for balancing a busy lifestyle, said Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Airtel.

Similarly, Vodafone Essar Director (Marketing and New Business) Harit Nagpal said they had long been a partner of RIM, bringing various BlackBerry smartphones to India. “The new smartphone is ideal for people who want a uniquely powerful and sophisticated clamshell handset, delivering the full capabilities of the BlackBerry solution as well as access to various mobile business and lifestyle applications.”

source :
http://www.hindu.com/

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