Hyderabad|India|October'2009: Reliance Mobile, India’s leading
mobile services provider, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX:
RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, has announced the BlackBerry®
Tour™ smartphone for Reliance's CDMA customers in India. The BlackBerry
Tour smartphone is a 3G-enabled smartphone offering state-of-the-art
communication and multimedia capabilities with outstanding mobile
performance and consummate styling. It features international roaming
support to help users stay in touch whether they travel around the corner
or around the world.
The BlackBerry Tour is a feature packed and high
refined smartphone, and it will be available nationally from October
12th for Rs 27990. As a special promotion from
Reliance Mobile for pre-booking customers, users will be able to
enjoy two months of free BlackBerry® Internet Service on Reliance
Mobile's CDMA network.
With its dominant market share and high-end technological
capabilities on the CDMA platform, Reliance Mobile has been
connecting millions of users across India. The vast reach of
Reliance Mobile’s CDMA network will allow customers to access their
professional and personal data on their BlackBerry Tour smartphones
across the country and at fast speeds.
“Reliance Mobile has been the leader in CDMA communication
technology in India since its inception. We are delighted to
introduce the BlackBerry Tour smartphone on our well-established
CDMA platform. The innovation and advanced
technology that the BlackBerry Tour incorporates is ideal for
today’s consumer who is always on the move,” said Mr.
Vrajesh Shelat, Head Wireless Data Business, Reliance Mobile.
“The pre-booking promotion is an opportunity for our
customers to experience this latest BlackBerry smartphone from
Reliance Mobile. With the launch of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone,
we are offering our CDMA customers an opportunity to leverage the
high speed data experience on both our CDMA and GSM networks.”
“The BlackBerry Tour smartphone is a world phone in a complete
sense, with sharp styling that resonates well with the suave and
well-travelled consumer who wants to be connected while on the go.
With multimedia functionality as well as support for email, social
networking and a wide variety of other mobile applications, the
BlackBerry Tour takes mobile empowerment to the next level,”
said Ms. Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India, Research In Motion.
With the launch of the BlackBerry Tour, Reliance Mobile has
expanded its portfolio of BlackBerry® smartphones, which include the
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130, BlackBerry® 8703
and BlackBerry® 8830 for its CDMA network, as well as the BlackBerry®
Curve™ 8900 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 for its GSM network. The
company also plans to roll out the BlackBerry Tour to its GSM
customers soon.
The BlackBerry Tour smartphone from Reliance Mobile features a
chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its sleek
design. It measures 112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm (L X W X D) and weighs
just 130g. It includes a large, easy-to-use, full-QWERTY keyboard in
addition to its large (2.44") bright display (480 x 360 resolution
at 245 ppi), which delivers the highest resolution available on a
BlackBerry smartphone and displays pictures, web pages and videos
with incredible clarity.
Other key features of the BlackBerry Tour smartphone
include:
· 3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization,
autofocus and video recording*
· Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio
and video (RTSP)
· Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm
stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth® Stereo Audio
Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
· 256MB Flash memory
· 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
· Built-in GPS with support for geotagging and other location
based applications and services
· BlackBerry® Media Sync, which allows customers to quickly and
easily synch music from iTunes® and Windows Media Player with the
smartphone**
· Premium phone features including voice activated dialing,
enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion
speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free headsets,
car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
· Preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go® allowing users to edit
Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
· Easy mobile access to Facebook® and MySpace, as well as popular
instant messaging services including Yahoo!® Messenger, AIM®, Google
Talk, Windows Live Messenger™ and BlackBerry® Messenger
· BlackBerry® Internet Service support, allowing access to up to
10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most
popular ISP email accounts
· BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced
security and IT administration features within IBM® Lotus® Domino®,
Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® environments
· Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of
talk time and 14 days of standby time
* Video recording requires microSD card, which may be sold
separately
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that
contain digital rights management technologies
