T-Mobile Announces a UK First for BlackBerry Customers: Pay Once for a Year of Unlimited Email and Internet

For a one-off payment of £179.99 T-Mobile is offering:

• Silver-coloured BlackBerry Pearl™ 8110, which includes a 2 Megapixel camera and in-built GPS
• A year of unlimited* email and Internet access with new web’n’walk plan
• Pay as you go top-ups for calls, texts and MMS
• Pre-loaded quick-links for favourite social networking sites and Instant messaging
• Available in T-Mobile stores from 1st May

London, UK- T-Mobile UK today unveils a new way to get a BlackBerry® smartphone: Pay once and get a silver-coloured BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 smartphone with a year of unlimited* email and Internet access.

The ‘Pay once’ concept is a market first, giving people the chance to experience the hugely popular BlackBerry® email service and access Internet sites and social networks on the move for a year – all for just a single payment of £179.99. Customers just have to top-up their credit as usual to make calls and send texts and picture messages.

T-Mobile’s new offer is set to make BlackBerry smartphones accessible to new groups of mobile phone customers. It’s sure to be a hit with students, letting them stay connected to family and friends by email, via IM, Facebook® or MySpace®. And for those just starting out in business – whether they’re running a small business or entering the workplace for the first time – it’s the perfect way to access personal and work emails, without the worry of hidden costs.

The ‘Pay once’ concept also makes giving a BlackBerry smartphone as a gift really complete with email and Internet access for the first time, as there’s no ongoing cost involved for the person giving the gift, and the recipient just pays for top-ups for calls and texts when they want to.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone from T-Mobile comes in a silver colour, and features a 2 Megapixel camera for snapping photos and recording video*, in-built GPS so you can easily find your way, and a 3.5mm headphone jack for listening to music on the move. The smartphone also includes pre-loaded links for applications of favourite sites such as Facebook®, MySpace® and Flikr®. And as you would expect from a BlackBerry smartphone, the user-friendly SureType® QWERTY key pad makes writing messages and dialling phone calls quick and easy.

Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet and Entertainment, T-Mobile UK, commented: “In the past BlackBerry smartphones have largely been the preserve of business users, but we know that more and more of our customers want a BlackBerry smartphone as their everyday phone. We have seen a 100% increase in customer growth on our consumer focussed Instant Email service plans for BlackBerry smartphones over the last year. Our new Pay once concept means that a whole new group of customers can take advantage of the fantastic features of a BlackBerry smartphone without the commitment of a monthly contract and without worrying about how much data they are using.”

Notes to Editors:
* Terms and conditions apply

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