Sony Ericsson and Research In Motion (RIM) announced Wednesday, the out-of-the-box availability of BlackBerry Connect software v4.0 on the Sony Ericsson P1i in Asia Pacific (AP).
The tool, available in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand will be pre-loaded on the Sony Ericsson P1i and supports push-based wireless email services, including attachment viewing and wireless email synchronization, in conjunction with both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service.
"We have worked closely with RIM to provide one of the finest mobile office solutions available on the Symbian platform," said Mr. Lennard Hoornik, Corporate Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific.
"The robust functionality of the Sony Ericsson P1i together with outof- the-box support for the BlackBerry platform will provide customers with a powerful communications tool that’s both secure and speedy to set up."
"RIM is pleased to be expanding our relationship with Sony Ericsson to introduce
BlackBerry Connect v4.0 on the Sony Ericsson P1i ," said Mr. Norm Lo, Vice President,
Asia Pacific, Research In Motion.
"With BlackBerry Connect v4.0 support, P1i customers in Asia Pacific will be able to leverage the power of BlackBerry services and enjoy enhanced communications and productivity benefits."
The P1i is Sony Ericsson's fifth-generation P-series smartphone and is a perfect business companion. It operates on hi-speed UMTS and supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and VoIP.
For corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with IBM
Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry Internet Service allows users to access multiple supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts, from a single device.
BlackBerry Connect will be pre-loaded on new P1i smartphones and existing Sony Ericsson P1i users can download the BlackBerry Connect v4.0 software from the Sony Ericsson website. |
