WIND and RIM Announce the New BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone for Customers in Italy
Approachable New Smartphone Offers Email, Messaging, Social Networking, Music and Entertainment for People on the Go.
Milan, Italy - Wind and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, for customers in Italy.
The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. It provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace). Its full-QWERTY keyboard enables comfortable, accurate and fast typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a quad-band phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to give customers faster Web browsing and extended data coverage.
In addition to providing customers with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is designed to be efficient and convenient. It 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, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 supports access to BlackBerry App World™, which features 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.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is expected to be available from WIND in late September.
Tariff Infomation
The Wind Subscription to BlackBerry® Internet Service provides unlimited email and Internet access for €12 per month. Special promotions are also available for new Wind customers.
Until October 11, 2009, new Wind customers will be able to get BlackBerry Internet Service for free as follows:
•3 months free for customers with a new prepaid SIM
•12 or 24 months free, depending on the tariff plan, for customers who choose a new contract SIM.
More details on Wind offers are available at www.wind.it
About Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.a.
Founded in 1997, Wind is one of the few European TLC operators offering integrated mobile, fixed-line and Internet services. In Italy, it is the third largest mobile operator, with over 17,5 million customers, and the leading alternative operator in the fixed-line telephony market, with 1,88 million customers in ULL and 1,52 million broadband. Wind is also one of the main Italian Internet portals with www.libero.it and one of the largest internet service providers in Italy.
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 - Wind and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, for customers in Italy.
The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. It provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace). Its full-QWERTY keyboard enables comfortable, accurate and fast typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a quad-band phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to give customers faster Web browsing and extended data coverage.
In addition to providing customers with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is designed to be efficient and convenient. It 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, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 supports access to BlackBerry App World™, which features 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.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is expected to be available from WIND in late September.
Tariff Infomation
The Wind Subscription to BlackBerry® Internet Service provides unlimited email and Internet access for €12 per month. Special promotions are also available for new Wind customers.
Until October 11, 2009, new Wind customers will be able to get BlackBerry Internet Service for free as follows:
•3 months free for customers with a new prepaid SIM
•12 or 24 months free, depending on the tariff plan, for customers who choose a new contract SIM.
More details on Wind offers are available at www.wind.it
About Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.a.
Founded in 1997, Wind is one of the few European TLC operators offering integrated mobile, fixed-line and Internet services. In Italy, it is the third largest mobile operator, with over 17,5 million customers, and the leading alternative operator in the fixed-line telephony market, with 1,88 million customers in ULL and 1,52 million broadband. Wind is also one of the main Italian Internet portals with www.libero.it and one of the largest internet service providers in Italy.
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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