TIM and RIM Announce the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone in Italy
The First BlackBerry Smartphone with a Touch-Sensitive Trackpad and Dedicated Media Keys.
Milan, Italy - TIM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone and provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook®, Window Live Messenger and many others). It features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone has a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing and introduces an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first BlackBerry® smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, integrated along the top of the smartphone, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone includes the following features:
•Easy-to-use full-Qwerty keyboard and touch-sensitive trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
•256MB Flash memory and a 512Mhz next generation processor for enhanced performance
•Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, and Bluetooth® (2.0), with support for hands-free headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
•2 MP digital camera with zoom and video recording
•Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media® Player with the smartphone*
•Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more
•BlackBerry® Internet Service support for access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail™; and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
•Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting up to 16 GB cards today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available (a 2GB card is included)
•Built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g)
•Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
About Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia Group is Italy’s leading ICT enterprise active in fixed-line and mobile telecommunications, internet and media, office and system solutions through Telecom Italia, TIM, Alice, Virgilio, La7, MTV Italia and Olivetti. Group growth is driven by leading-edge infrastructure, the latest technology, a customer centric organizational model, to cater to the needs of each customer cluster. The Group is leveraging these assets to extend communications via broadband and develop innovative businesses (IPTV, ICT, digital home).
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 www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
Milan, Italy - TIM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone and provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook®, Window Live Messenger and many others). It features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone has a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing and introduces an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first BlackBerry® smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, integrated along the top of the smartphone, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone includes the following features:
•Easy-to-use full-Qwerty keyboard and touch-sensitive trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
•256MB Flash memory and a 512Mhz next generation processor for enhanced performance
•Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, and Bluetooth® (2.0), with support for hands-free headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
•2 MP digital camera with zoom and video recording
•Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media® Player with the smartphone*
•Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more
•BlackBerry® Internet Service support for access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail™; and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
•Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting up to 16 GB cards today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available (a 2GB card is included)
•Built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g)
•Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
About Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia Group is Italy’s leading ICT enterprise active in fixed-line and mobile telecommunications, internet and media, office and system solutions through Telecom Italia, TIM, Alice, Virgilio, La7, MTV Italia and Olivetti. Group growth is driven by leading-edge infrastructure, the latest technology, a customer centric organizational model, to cater to the needs of each customer cluster. The Group is leveraging these assets to extend communications via broadband and develop innovative businesses (IPTV, ICT, digital home).
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 www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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