DoCoMo Announces BlackBerry for Japan
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) announced today that DoCoMo will start marketing RIM’s BlackBerry handheld devices to its corporate customers in autumn 2006. The BlackBerry handheld devices to be sold in Japan will operate on both W-CDMA (UMTS) and GSM/GPRS networks and will be useable around the world for voice and data communications. BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, and enables secure, push-based wireless access to e-mail and other corporate data.
Facing the direct challenge of PDA-style smartphones, coming from Vodafone with the Nokia E-60 series and Willcom’s popular W-Zero3 by Sharp, DoCoMo has made the move to offer a competing and well-known device.. running Microsoft apps! PR Here.
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