AXIS Launches the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphones with “Worry-Free” Packages

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - AXIS, Indonesia’s newest and fastest growing 3G and GSM operator, today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Bold™ and BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphones in its retail channels. The two BlackBerry® smartphones are now available at select AXIS Centers.

The BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones provide exceptional mobile experiences with powerful communications and multimedia functionality in sleek and stylish designs. These BlackBerry smartphones allow AXIS subscribers to easily access information and keep in touch with people while they are on the go. In addition, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports the popular 3G standard in Indonesia, and both smartphones support Wi-Fi®.

The two smartphones come with a “worry-free” package from AXIS. Benefits include:

• 2 years warranty*
• 1 year partial and total loss insurance coverage*
• A 50% discount of the monthly data plan for up to 3 months
• The best financing packages with select credit cards: 0% interest for 12 monthly installments with BCA and Mandiri Credit Cards
• Guarantee the best handset price with contract
• Flexible and economical unlimited BlackBerry data plan at only Rp3,900/day
• Online number selection (available only at AXIS Center)
• Dedicated Customer Service Representatives to support BlackBerry smartphone users for activating their service and to handle customer queries

“We are encouraged by our customers’ overwhelming interest in BlackBerry smartphones and we are very proud to launch the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones to consumers in our retail channels,” said Johan Buse, AXIS Chief Marketing Officer. “At AXIS, we are always committed to provide value-added products and advanced services that are relevant to consumers’ needs and lifestyles. We believe these two BlackBerry smartphones will help customers with enhanced communications and will empower them to make the most of their time wherever they go.”

“We are very pleased to bring the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones to AXIS customers in Indonesia,” said Gregory Wade, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific at RIM. “BlackBerry smartphones are the right choice for both consumers and business people who want to make the most of their personal and professional time.”

Powered by AXIS’ comprehensive national network coverage and a range of attractive unlimited data plans, AXIS subscribers are able to enjoy more exciting days by staying connected 24/7 to their favorite social network sites, instant messaging, push email, photo sharing and Internet browsing with BlackBerry smartphones. Customers with AXIS SIM cards, which are available in more than 100,000 AXIS retail outlets throughout Indonesia, can enjoy BlackBerry services with “worry free” packages by simply sending SMS *222# from any AXIS number.

The BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones are available at Rp7.1 million and Rp5.6 million respectively. Pre-registered customers can enjoy promotional prices at Rp6.9 million for the BlackBerry Bold and Rp5.4 million for BlackBerry Curve 8900. Please contact AXIS for further details.

*Please contact AXIS for further details on the warranty and insurance coverage. Terms and conditions apply.

About AXIS
AXIS launched in February 2008 and is already available in over 160 cities across East Java, West Java, Jabodetabek, Banten, West Java, Bali, Lombok, North Sumatera, Riau Islands, Riau Mainland, and West Sumatera with more launching soon. AXIS’ vision is to provide affordable communications to all Indonesians and offer 2G and 3G services. AXIS is owned by Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the no. 1 GSM operator in Saudi Arabia, and by Maxis Communications, the no. 1 GSM operator in Malaysia. Together, these companies serve more than 45 million customers with operations in 9 countries. Detailed information about AXIS is available at www.axisworld.co.id

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Penrillian to Bring Applications and its Mobile Development Expertise to the BlackBerry Platform

Penrillian Joins BlackBerry Alliance Program

Cumbria, UK - Mobile software developer Penrillian is pleased to announce that is will bring its applications and mobile development expertise to the BlackBerry® platform, and has joined the BlackBerry® Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Alliance Program. Penrillian, which develops applications mainly for the mobile market, will now have access to business and technical resources available from Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry® solution. Joining the programme will help Penrillian provide an improved service to customers, and will help the company better create and launch applications for the BlackBerry platform.

The BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program provides a comprehensive set of resources that help members develop and market applications and solutions on the BlackBerry platform. For more information on the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program, please visit: www.blackberry.com/partners.

Penrillian CEO Charles Weir said, “In the past, Penrillian has been seen as an expert in Symbian OS. But the industry has moved on, and we are now platform-agnostic. Being a member of the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program will not only help us improve our service to customers but also help position Penrillian as a key innovator in the mobile applications market.”

About Penrillian:
Penrillian is an established supplier of software development services for the mobile industry. Found in 2000, Penrillian has grown steadily and has gained a reputation both as a creator of high quality software, and as a trusted partner for many global companies.

Penrillian is led by Charles Weir, one of the pioneers of the mobile software industry. As lead architect on the Ericsson R380, he helped define the mobile phone as we know it today.

Notes to editors

For further information about Penrillian, please call Rachel Johnson at Penrillian on 01768 214400 or visit www.penrillian.com

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Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Controller Available for BlackBerry Smartphones

CHELMSFORD, MASS.– Zeemote™ Inc. (http://www.zeemote.com/), the recognized leader in designing, manufacturing, marketing and licensing wireless controller technology and products for mobile devices, has announced today that the Zeemote® JS1 Bluetooth Mobile Gaming Controller is now compatible with all BlackBerry® smartphones with a trackball.

Downtime is now game time with the Zeemote® JS1 Bluetooth Mobile Gaming Controller. It features four action buttons and a thumbstick to provide the ultimate control for the world’s best mobile gaming experience. Its ergonomic design fits perfectly and discreetly in the hand, weighs in at only 57 grams and provides 50+ hours of continuous game play on two AAA batteries. The Zeemote JS1 features the Zeekey Software Application creating instant compatibility with all mobile games made for BlackBerry smartphones. To use the Zeemote JS1 Controller with a BlackBerry Smartphone, a user simply needs to download the Zeekey App from www.zeemote.com/zeekey

The Zeemote JS1 also enables a user to control phone menu navigation and offers compatibility with nearly all apps on a BlackBerry smartphone and those available on BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld). For example, the Zeemote JS1 can be used as a remote control for the media player giving users an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

Ernie Cormier, CEO, Zeemote Inc commented: “We are delighted that BlackBerry smartphone users worldwide will now be able to experience a fun and immersive mobile gaming experience and get the most out of their apps when using the Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Controller.”

The Zeemote JS1 controller has been dubbed “The Gaming Sensation of 2009” by a leading UK technology TV show and is being embraced worldwide by consumers. The Zeemote JS1 Controller is the must-have Bluetooth peripheral for getting the most out of your BlackBerry smartphone.

Availability, Compatibility and Game Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Controller is compatible with the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Tour™, the BlackBerry® Curve™ series, the BlackBerry® Pearl™ series and the BlackBerry® 8800 series smartphones. For a complete list of supported BlackBerry smartphones go to www.zeemote.com/blackberry

The Zeemote JS1 Controller will be available this summer online through ShopBlackBerry.com in North America, Europe or Asia in the official Zeemote JS1 BlackBerry Retail Pack. The Zeemote retail pack is compatible with all games for BlackBerry utilizing the Zeekey Controller App and also includes one free game from Gameloft. Users can select from titles such as Block Breaker 2 Deluxe™, Asphalt 4™, Terminator Salvation™, H.A.W.X™, Wimbledon 2009™, Pro Golf World Tour 2010™, Sonic Unleashed™ and many more. The Zeemote JS1 will also be made available through an official BlackBerry smartphone bundle from select retailers or mobile operators coming Fall 2009.

About Zeemote Inc.
Zeemote Inc. is the recognized leader in designing, manufacturing, marketing and licensing wireless controller technology and products for mobile devices.

About Zeemote JS1 Controller The company's debut product is the Zeemote JS1 Controller, which creates the world's best mobile gaming experience.The award-winning Bluetooth gaming controller is marketed and sold globally through partnerships with top handset manufacturers and mobile operators.

The Zeemote JS1 featuring Zeekey Controller Software empowers you to have the ultimate control over all mobile games, Apps and phone features when used with select mobile devices from: Nokia, LG, Samsung and Blackberry. For further information on Zeekey please visit: http://www.zeemote.com/zeekey/

For devices not utilizing Zeekey Controller Software The world's leading mobile game developers and publishers are actively creating Zeemote Ready titles to take advantage of the exciting and immersive game play delivered by the Zeemote JS1 Controller.

For more information on www.zeemote.com

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RIM Introduces New BlackBerry Tools for Web Developers

New and Enhanced Tools Support Web Application Development in Eclipse and Visual Studio

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced new and enhanced tools for developing web applications for BlackBerry® smartphones. The tools include the new BlackBerry® Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse and the BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2. These tools are part of a complete portfolio of BlackBerry® developer tools for web and Java development and a rich set of APIs that enable developers to easily create a wide variety of mobile applications that connect BlackBerry® smartphone users to the information they care about. The BlackBerry application platform also incorporates significant advantages, including real-time push technology, unmatched security and highly efficient data compression and network bandwidth utilization, allowing developers to deliver optimized applications on the most powerful, secure and efficient platform in the industry.

“The BlackBerry developer tools portfolio aims to bring together the best of Java and web development for the creation of web applications that are integrated with core BlackBerry smartphone functions for a seamless, intuitive and robust user experience,” said Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform Group at RIM. “The evolving portfolio of web development tools for the BlackBerry platform allows developers to work in familiar development environments to create, debug, profile, test and optimize their web applications for BlackBerry smartphones.”

The BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse, available today at www.blackberry.com/developers/webeclipse, is a new plug-in that allows developers to create web applications and content for BlackBerry smartphones within the familiar Eclipse 3.4 environment. Using this plug-in, developers can debug and profile Internet/intranet web pages displaying HTML and CSS content in addition to more complex rich internet applications using AJAX, Silverlight, PHP, ASP, Ruby on Rails, JSP, and Python.

BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2, available today at www.blackberry.com/developers/webvisualstudio, provides an all-in-one tool for developers to create web applications and content for BlackBerry® smartphones within the Visual Studio 2008 environment. Using this plug-in, developers can create simple Internet/intranet web pages or more complex, rich Internet applications using AJAX and ASP.Net.

Both tools feature BlackBerry smartphone simulators for testing and debugging projects, and web application profiling for visibility into data traffic, load time and use of web based content, including elements such as images, CSS, JavaScript, HTML and objects.

RIM supports the BlackBerry developer community through a variety of means including BlackBerry® Developer Zone (www.blackberry.com/developer), the BlackBerry® Alliance Program (www.blackberry.com/partners), developer community forums (http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/?category.id=BlackBerryDevelopment), the BlackBerry Developer Newsletter (http://www.blackberry.com/eng/developers/resources/newsletter.jsp), a developer track at the annual WES conference (www.attendwes.com) in Orlando, the annual BlackBerry® Developer Conference (www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com) in Silicon Valley, the BlackBerry Solutions Catalog (www.blackberrysolutionscatalog.com) and BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberryappworld.com).

For more information, visit BlackBerry Developer Zone at www.blackberry.com/developer.

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Where is Now Available for the BlackBerry Tour Smartphone

Boston, MA – WHERE®, the award-winning location-based application from uLocate Communications, was launched today for the BlackBerry® Tour™ smartphone.

WHERE is one of the most popular local applications for smartphones. It quickly helps put the people, places and things consumers are looking for at their fingertips. Local content available through WHERE includes everything from the weather, news, and restaurant reviews, to the cheapest gas, movie show times, and the ability to connect with other users on the WHERE Wall™. In addition to an overall enhanced UI, new features available in this product include the addition of a Sports Wall and location fix by both cell ID and GPS to better enable speed and accuracy.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our product offering to BlackBerry users on the Verizon and Sprint networks with the launch of WHERE for the BlackBerry® Tour™.” said Walt Doyle, CEO of WHERE. “Given the popularity of WHERE on other smartphones such as the BlackBerry® Storm™, we feel confident that this new version will meet with great success.”

In addition to this new version for the BlackBerry Tour, WHERE is available for the BlackBerry® Storm™, BlackBerry® Bold™, and BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphones. To download the WHERE application for BlackBerry smartphones, please visit BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or www.where.com from your BlackBerry Browser.

About WHERE
A service of uLocate Communications, WHERE® is a local mobile application that provides consumers with information about the people, places and things around them. Local content available through WHERE includes everything from the weather, news, and restaurant reviews, to the cheapest gas, movie show times, and the ability to connect with other users on the WHERE Wall™. WHERE also enables brands and advertisers to reach a local audience.

WHERE has achieved widespread distribution through partnerships with leading carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint and handset manufacturers such as Apple, RIM, and Nokia.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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T-Mobile USA and RIM Introduce the New BlackBerry Curve 8520

Approachable New Smartphone Offers Email, Messaging, Social Networking, Music and Entertainment for People on the Go

Bellevue, Wash., and Waterloo, Ontario - T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, with availability expected on August 5.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone that comes in two attractive colors from T-Mobile – black and frost. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is a world phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to arm customers with fast Web browsing and Wi-Fi calling. T-Mobile customers can continue to get great mobile coverage and unlimited nationwide Wi-Fi calling with T-Mobile’s Unlimited HotSpot Calling service as well as unlimited nationwide calling to five people with T-Mobile myFaves® service.*

In addition to providing 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 optical 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.

“People increasingly expect a rich, diverse experience with their phones because they’re using them in new and different ways,” said Travis Warren, director of product marketing, T-Mobile USA. “Adding the BlackBerry Curve 8520 to the T-Mobile line-up gives our customers a phone capable of helping bring balance to the chaotic demands of a busy professional and personal life.”

“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people to make the switch. It delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that have made BlackBerry the top-selling smartphone brand in the United States,” said Carlo Chiarello, vice president, product management, Research In Motion. “T-Mobile customers are going to love how easy it is to keep in touch on Facebook and MySpace and the full-QWERTY keyboard is amazingly fast and comfortable for typing on the go.”

Key features of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone include:

• Full-QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive optical trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
• 256MB Flash memory and a 512Mhz next generation processor for enhanced performance
• Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
• 2 MP digital camera with zoom and video recording
• Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media® Player with the smartphone**
• Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, social networking and sharing, news and weather, productivity and much more
• BlackBerry® Internet Service support for access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail™; and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting cards of up to 16 GB today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available; a 1GB card is included
• Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) with support for T-Mobile Unlimited Hotspot Calling service
• Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone from T-Mobile will be available on August 5 at T-Mobile retail stores, Walmart Stores, select authorized dealers, and online at http://www.T-Mobile.com.

Prior to retail availability, customers can learn more about the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone at www.blackberry.com/curve8520.

*Unlimited nationwide Wi-Fi calling requires Unlimited HotSpot Calling mobile plan, qualifying rate plan, broadband Internet connection and wireless router. Regular plan minutes are used when call does not originate on Wi-Fi network. For more information about Unlimited HotSpot Calling, visit http://www.T-MobileAtHome.com. myFaves only applies to calls directly between two people and allows unlimited nationwide calling to five U.S. numbers. Use of some device features may require a specific plan and incur separate, additional charges. See T-Mobile.com for rate plan information, charges for features and services, and other details.
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.
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About T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom AG’s Mobile Communications Business, and a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile International, one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. By the end of the first quarter of 2009, more than 148 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 33.2 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM, the world’s most widely used digital wireless standard. T-Mobile’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

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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VQ CarFinder, now available on BlackBerry App World,Automatically remembers where you parked

TORONTO, Canada – VQ CarFinder™ (www.4carfinder.com), the only vehicle locating smartphone application that AUTOMATICALLY remembers where you parked, is now available on BlackBerry App World™ for GPS-enabled BlackBerry® smartphones. A free trial of the FULL version of VQ CarFinder is being offered to users to promote the launch of this innovative new application.

“Everyone has a story about forgetting where they parked and being stressed out by it”, says Harris Korn, VP Marketing of Xpressions Inc (creators of VQ CarFinder and a member of the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program). “It happens all the time… like when people are talking on their cell phone, when they’re running late for a meeting, or when their kids are screaming in the back seat. VQ CarFinder automatically remembers where you parked and guides you back to your car, so it removes this stress from your life.”

With VQ CarFinder, you don’t have to do anything when you park. Then, when you want to find your car, you simply click the VQ CarFinder icon on your BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry® Maps guides you back to your car (with the map and directional arrows continuously updated as you walk toward your car).

“With other car locating applications, you have to launch them when you park so they can mark where your car is. If you forget to do this, those apps have no way of knowing where you parked… so when you really need them – when you’re distracted and not thinking about where you parked – they can’t help you find your car,” continues Korn. “VQ CarFinder doesn’t have this issue because it automatically remembers where you park every time, so you don’t need to remember to do anything until you want to find your car.”

BlackBerry smartphone users can download a free trial of the FULL version of VQ CarFinder on BlackBerry App World (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or from the VQ CarFinder site. After the trial period users can purchase a VQ CarFinder license for the special introductory price of just $9.99 (regular price is $24.99).

“We’ve tested VQ CarFinder with a lot of drivers. Once they saw how easy VQ CarFinder was to use, and how it saved them a lot of stress, they wondered how they ever lived without it,” explains Korn.

VQ CarFinder software uses the capabilities of a GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone along with in-vehicle Bluetooth® (or a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger) to determine when and where the car is parked (when the user starts their car, VQ CarFinder notes the existence of the Bluetooth signal and automatically launches the GPS; when the user turns off their car, VQ CarFinder notes the loss of the Bluetooth signal and stores the last GPS waypoint as the location of the parked car).

“Bluetooth is already a common feature in a wide range of cars, and is projected to be in 73% of new cars by 2013”, explains Korn, “and for people who don’t have in-vehicle Bluetooth, they can purchase a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger, which works just like a regular car charger but which also has a Bluetooth chip in it”.

To purchase a VQ Bluetooth Charger for just $19.99 plus shipping & handling (regular price is $39.99), users just launch their purchased copy of VQ CarFinder software, click Select BT Device, then click Purchase. Purchases are securely processed using PayPal®. The VQ Bluetooth Car Charger comes with both micro-USB and mini-USB adapters and works with all BlackBerry smartphone models.

VQ CarFinder works on BlackBerry smartphones that have built-in GPS, including the BlackBerry® Storm™, BlackBerry® Bold™ and various models in the BlackBerry® Curve™ series.

For more information go to www.4carfinder.com.

About Xpressions Inc:

Xpressions Inc. (www.xpressionsinc.net), creators of VQ CarFinder (www.4carfinder.com), is a Product Innovation and Marketing Consulting company that invents and markets new and innovative technology-driven products and services including VQ CarFinder. Xpressions Inc. is a BlackBerry Alliance Member, and is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

© 2009 Xpressions Inc. All Rights Reserved. VisionQuest CarFinder and related marks, images and symbols are exclusive properties and trademarks of Xpressions Inc and VisionQuest Innovations. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. Bluetooth and related marks, images and symbols are exclusive properties and trademarks of Bluetooth SIG.

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Stitcher’s Streaming Audio App Now Available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone

San Francisco, CA - The much-anticipated wait is over; Stitcher, a smart streaming audio application, is now available for the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone. Users can download the application from BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or at www.stitcher.com/dl.

“We are excited to offer Stitcher to an even wider group of BlackBerry users,” said Stitcher CEO and co-founder Noah Shanok. “We received a huge number of requests for Stitcher for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, so we moved support for that model to the top of our ‘new platform list’.”

Stitcher was introduced on BlackBerry App World in May 2009 and is available for the BlackBerry® Storm™, many of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 83xx series and BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphones and will continue to roll out for additional BlackBerry smartphone models as they become available, as well as other new mobile platforms.

Additionally, Stitcher is set to launch version 1.2 in early July. This update includes; improved handling of longer shows, full seek functionality and support for Bluetooth® streaming.

About Stitcher:
Stitcher is smart radio; free, personalized, on-demand audio built from the best news sources, podcasts & audio programs and streamed to smartphones. The company works with a wide variety of leading content and publishing partners to provide diverse, up-to-the minute content. Stitcher’s wide selection of business, sports, politics, entertainment and current events is well-suited for a busy, commuting mobile audience. Stitcher recently received the People’s Voice 2009 Webby Award in the Mobile News category.

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Law Firms Offered Free Outsourcing Using BigHand’s Application for BlackBerry Smartphones

Unique promotion sees BigHand offering firms a free 30 day trial of a BlackBerry smartphone with BigHand voice productivity software and an outsourced transcription service

London, UK - BigHand, the leading voice productivity specialist for the global legal community, has today launched a unique opportunity for law firms to achieve efficiency savings by trialing a BlackBerry® smartphone with BigHand's dictation software and outsourced transcription service completely free of charge for 30 days. Not only is the 30 day trial free of charge on both a hardware and mobile app basis, but additionally the volume of dictation that can be submitted for transcription by the outsourcing service is unlimited and the network operator’s data plan charges are also free.

As part of the promotion, legal professionals can utilise BigHand’s application to record, edit, and send voice files using a BlackBerry smartphone. The application securely sends the dictation to an outsourced transcription service, with the user able to prioritise important items, track the progress of work, and then receive transcripts back via email.

David Fryer, Chief Executive Officer at BigHand commented:

‘’We have experienced high demand over the last 2 years for our BigHand for BlackBerry software as law firms have looked to leverage the wireless investment they have made in recent years by bringing in mobile productivity applications. Additionally, given the current economic situation, we felt that it would be helpful if we could provide a free BlackBerry smartphone so firms can assess how effective these devices can be when coupled with our software and an outsourced transcription agency. Our client base has seen significant productivity gains and reduced overheads and this trial offer will allow firms who have not done it yet the chance to try without any expenditure or risk to themselves.”

Anyone interested in finding out more about the 30 day free trial should register their details at www.bighand.com/blackberry.

About BigHand
BigHand is based out of Chicago, London, Sydney and Toronto. BigHand is the leading digital dictation vendor in the global professional services sector. BigHand3 was awarded ‘Best of Breed System of the Year’ at the Legal Technology Awards for 2008, and BigHand Mobile (BlackBerry Edition) was voted ‘Mobile Product of the Year’ at the CNET Business Technology Awards 2008. BigHand has also been nominated in the Sixth Annual Law Technology News (LTN) Awards for 2009 as ‘Dictation System of the Year’ and ‘Mobile Tool of the Year’. Further information is available at http://www.bighand.com

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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Research In Motion and Visto Corporation Sign Definitive Agreement to Settle Outstanding Litigation

Waterloo, ON and Redwood City, CA - Research In Motion Limited ("RIM") (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Visto Corporation ("Visto") announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to settle all outstanding worldwide patent litigation between the companies.

The key terms of the settlement involve RIM receiving a perpetual and fully-paid license on all Visto patents, a transfer of certain Visto intellectual property, a one-time payment by RIM of US $ 267.5 million and the parties executing full and final releases in respect of all outstanding worldwide litigation.

The settlement is expected to be completed during the week of July 20, 2009 and is subject to certain closing conditions.

Based on preliminary analysis, RIM expects the majority of the payment to be expensed as an unusual item in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, with the remainder being classified as an intangible asset. Based on this analysis, RIM expects to report Q2 results that reflect U.S. GAAP earnings and earnings per share, as well as adjusted earnings and earnings per share, which would exclude the amount expensed as an unusual item.

Further terms and conditions of the agreement are confidential.

Research In Motion Limited is a publicly held company that trades on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM). Visto Corporation is a privately held firm and the parent company of Good Technology.

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Philips Committed to Ultra Mobile Dictation and Expands its Offering for BlackBerry Smartphone Users

Work professionally – wherever you happen to be: SpeechExec application for BlackBerry smartphones now available for large businesses, SMEs and individuals

Vienna, Austra - Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is today bringing out Version 1.5 of its SpeechExec application for BlackBerry® smartphones. This latest version enables dictations to be recorded and sent using a BlackBerry smartphone*. Even in areas with poor mobile phone reception, travelers can now send their dictations reliably, and receive a confirmation within the application’s interface that it has been sent successfully. A wide range of easy-to-use functions, similar to those available from Philips Digital Pocket Memos, will be particularly welcome to frequent dictation users. The application’s interface has been optimized and a microSD card can be used to store and transfer data. In addition to large businesses with up to 1,000 users, Philips has also turned its attention to SMEs and individual users: the solution can be purchased as a service for a fixed annual price from www.speechshop.net, enabling entrepreneurs to acquire a highly efficient dictation application for their BlackBerry smartphones at a minimal initial cost (no additional hardware or server software required!).

“With our solutions for ultra mobile dictation, we are taking an approach to make the application available irrespective of the user’s location. In this way, employees who are frequently required to travel, for instance in sales or management, have a seamless connection to the company-internal dictation management system and can benefit from the highly efficient work processes in their companies – even while on the move,” says Thomas Brauner, Senior Director and Category Leader at Philips Speech Processing.

Dictation made easy

The new version of the SpeechExec application tightly integrates with core features of the BlackBerry® solution, which include: efficient and reliable data transfer, quality voice recording, and thorough security. In addition, the application has an intuitive user interface and a wide range of easy-to-use features that make dictation on the move simple. For example, people can customize shortcut keys on their BlackBerry smartphone to control certain functions of the SpeechExec application. Users can also insert new passages into recorded dictations. Classifying dictations into categories and indicating the document type or priority for processing are further integral elements of a productive work-flow – also back in the office, it means that the typing staff is given key information, supplied clearly along with the dictation, to assist with preparing the documents.

Improved data transfer; complex security mechanisms

Anyone who travels frequently is aware that the strength and quality of network connectivity can vary. For instance, a mobile signal can be lost when travelling on a train that goes through tunnels. The BlackBerry solution employs an efficient and secure way of sending and receiving information across a mobile network. Even if reception is temporarily lost during the transfer of a dictation recording, the BlackBerry solution will resume and complete sending the file when reception is reestablished. The SpeechExec application displays details of the current transfer status so that users can be confident knowing that their dictation has been sent.

In addition to sending dictation recordings over the air, users can also store and transfer files from a BlackBerry smartphone using a removable microSD memory card to a computer or other dictation devices such as the Philips Digital Pocket Memo. In every instance, all files are securely encrypted prior to being sent over the mobile phone network.

Simple administration; ASP model for SMEs

“The SpeechExec application equips BlackBerry smartphone users with a highly professional dictation management solution. Doing this does not necessarily require investing in additional hardware: the Philips Application Service Provider model makes the application available via a reasonably priced annual license – meaning that the solution is affordable even for SMEs and individual users. Even more importantly, is that it is incredibly easy to install and there is no cost incurred for maintenance,” explains Thomas Brauner. The annual license can be purchased from www.speechshop.net at a charge of EUR 96.00 - for an English, German or French language version.

For large companies using the SpeechExec Enterprise software solution, IT administration has been further simplified as settings and rules can be synchronized centrally for all BlackBerry smartphones. Statistics provide information on the use of the dictation functions. Incoming dictations are converted into the file format preferred by the company (MP3, WAV, DSS or DSSPro) and automatically transferred to the typing staff responsible for processing – which also works in a Citrix environment with thin clients.

* SpeechExec version 1.5 is available now and works on the following BlackBerry smartphones:

• BlackBerry® Storm™
• BlackBerry® Bold™
• BlackBerry® Curve™ series
• BlackBerry® Pearl™ series
• BlackBerry® 8800 series

For more information and to obtain individual Application Server Provider (ASP) licenses, visit www.speechshop.net. The SpeechExec Enterprise solution can be obtained from a Philips specialist distributor for dictation solutions – details at www.philips.com/dictation.

About Philips Speech Processing
For more than 50 years Philips Speech Processing has been the driving force in delivering dictation and speech technologies to users around the world. With its headquarters and production centre located in Vienna, Austria, Philips Speech Processing is the world’s market leader in professional analogue and digital dictation solutions. From office-based desktop dictation to mobile dictation, from conference recording to entire workflow solutions with the SpeechExec software family, our products support every imaginable scenario. Revolutionary digital dictation products, such as the SpeechMike, the Digital Pocket Memo with Voice Commands, the Barcode Module and the LAN Docking Station are helping professionals to work more efficiently every day, in the easiest possible manner, entirely in keeping with Philips ‘sense and simplicity’ philosophy. For more information, visit: www.philips.com/dictation

About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 121,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 26 billion in 2008, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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Native Application Integration Now Built into the SkyMobile Application for BlackBerry Smartphones

iQlink now delivers an improved SAP® experience on BlackBerry smartphones

London, UK - iQlink, a Sky Technologies UK Premier Partner, is now providing an improved version of the SkyMobile application for BlackBerry® smartphones, which provides information held in CRM systems to mobile workers. New features include integration with a BlackBerry smartphone’s GPS, email, contacts, calendar, and phone features. Within the SkyMobile application users can:

• Interact with BlackBerry smartphone contacts, calendar and map information
• Automatically call, SMS or email a contact
• Interface with the built-in camera on BlackBerry smartphones
• Interact with GPS and BlackBerry Maps information to give location based functionality
• Use attachments such as documents, spreadsheets and PDFs.

iQlink currently offers existing Sky Technologies solutions including Mobile CRM, Sales Order Capture, Workflow Approval, Human Capital Management and Field Service, which all have these changes incorporated and are readily available for deployment on the BlackBerry platform. The solution interacts natively with SkyMobile applications ensuring seamless navigation and a very straightforward end user experience.

“Smartphones require smart applications that fully incorporate all aspects of media, voice and visual functionality,” commented Stephen Ware, CTO, Sky Technologies. “The days of the segregated form driven mobile applications, many of which are dumb browser based deployments, are fast disappearing with the emergence of these exciting new mobile applications.”

Paul Viney, MD of iQlink adds, “More new product developments from Sky Technologies enable us to build and demonstrate deployment of SAP to BlackBerry smartphones in a matter of days. We are proud to be the Premier Partner in the UK for Sky Technologies, offering such innovative and, most importantly, proven mobile solutions to SAP users.”

For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release, contact Paul Viney or visit www.iqlink.co.uk. Photos are available on request from hilary.dingle@iqlink.co.uk.

About iQlink Ltd
iQlink is the Premier Partner for Sky Technologies products in the UK. iQlink was formed in 2005 to bring innovative SAP-centric mobile solutions to market in the UK, offering software sales and consulting. iQlink works closely with SAP UK, its customers, channel resellers (VARs) and alliance partners to deliver the Sky Technologies Innerware™ solution suite, which extends SAP out to the workforce and point of business. .

Its founder, Paul Viney, has over 15 years experience working with SAP software, 8 of which were spent at SAP UK in various senior management roles.

About Sky Technologies
Sky Technologies specialises in Enterprise Mobility for SAP®. With a strong focus on innovation, Sky Technologies has developed SkyMobile, a SAP Certified technology framework, designed to deliver middleware-free mobility solutions, embedded within SAP. Sky Technologies can deploy any SAP application, on any device with a single integrated framework, inside SAP.

With a client base spanning across North America, South East Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australia, Sky Technologies continues to deliver solutions to SAP customers that reduce costs, create value, empower users and enable a greater return from their investment in SAP.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

SAP is a registered mark of SAP AG

Innerware is a trademark of Sky Technologies Pty Ltd

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BASE Launches the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone in Belgium

The World’s First “Clickable” Touch-Screen Smartphone

Brussels, Belgium - The BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s revolutionary SurePress™ touch-screen, which depresses ever so slightly when the screen is pressed, dramatically enhances the touch interface for both typing and navigation. Virtual keyboards on the BlackBerry Storm respond like a physical keyboard to allow easy and precise typing and the interface also supports single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient navigation.

The BlackBerry Storm smartphone has a wide range of powerful features and functions including:

• Preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go®, which allows users to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
• 3.2 megapixel camera, with variable zoom, auto focus, and a powerful flash that also provides continuous lighting when recording video
• Built-in GPS supporting location-based applications and services, as well as the geotagging of photos
• 1 GB of on board memory storage and a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 16 GB of additional storage
• Media player that can play movies smoothly in full screen mode, display pictures and slideshows quickly and manage an entire music collection; playlists can be created directly on the handset and there’s an equalizer with 11 preset filters – including "Lounge", "Jazz" and "Hip Hop" – for customized audio ranges when using wired headphones or external speakers
• A 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, support for Bluetooth® stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP) and dedicated volume controls
• Sleek, elegant design with contoured corners, stainless steel back and chromed frame surrounding its large (3.25") display with glass lens and capacitive touch-screen; its exceptional 480 x 360 resolution is crisp and bright with eye pleasing clarity
• An ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts backlighting for ideal viewing and an accelerometer that allows customers to view applications in either portrait or landscape mode by simply rotating the handset
• Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery that provides approximately 6 hours of talk time on 3G networks and 15 days of standby time

Preloaded applications include:

• Facebook® for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Google Talk™ for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Yahoo® Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
• AOL® Instant Messenger™ for BlackBerry Smartphones
• ICQ® for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Flickr™ Photo Uploader for BlackBerry Smartphones

BASE Tariff Plan
Consumer: http://www.base.be/base/en/home/offer/internet/blackberry/page.aspx/3649
Business: http://www.base.be/page.aspx/4955

About BASE
KPN Group Belgium n.v./s.a. is a 100% subsidiary of Koninklijke KPN N.V. KPN offers mobile voice and data services in Germany (E-Plus), Belgium (BASE and its sister brands) and the Netherlands (KPN, Hi and Telfort). At the end of 2008, KPN Group Belgium had 573 employees and a market share in number of mobile customers of ca. 24%. In 2008, KPN Group Belgium had a yearly turnover of 647 million euro. The company’s headquarters are in Brussels; it positions itself as an innovator in products and services via a segmented, multibranded approach. KPN Group Belgium commercialises the brands BASE, Ortel, Ay Yildiz, Chiama, Zoniq and Tele2.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Optus Announces the Thinnest, Lightest Full-QWERTY BlackBerry Smartphone Available on the Optus Network

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone is now available from Optus in Australia

Sydney, Australia - Optus and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone – the thinnest, lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry® smartphone – is now available on the Optus network.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone features an elegant, compact design with a stylish black finish and chrome frame. In addition to its easy-to-use full-QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 features a large and vivid display with the highest resolution available on a BlackBerry smartphone (480x360) and a next generation 512MHz processor for fast and responsive performance, as well as built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g) and GPS with support for location-based applications and services. It also supports a wide range of popular communications, social networking and multimedia applications, making it easier than ever to stay connected, productive and entertained while on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone includes advanced multimedia capabilities including a 3.2-megapixel camera with image stabilisation, zoom, flash and video recording, and a rich media player together with a 3.5mm stereo headset jack and headset. It includes a hot-swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot (with a 256MB card included) and can support memory cards of up to 16GB*, allowing customers to carry and capture more of their favourite music, pictures and video wherever they go.

Phil Offer, Optus Small and Medium Business Marketing Director, said with the increasing popularity of smartphones and wireless solutions, Optus is focused on getting the latest devices into Optus business customers’ hands.

“These handsets are redefining the way that small businesses do business as well as how people communicate. We’ve seen our customers achieve significant cash flow savings by using smartphones to reduce back office work and free up more time to spend with customers, families, friends and personal contacts.

“Optus is delivering tailored pricing plans to suit BlackBerry smartphones users, designed to include substantial data allowances to allow business customers and individuals to access data and manage communication needs on the go.

“The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available in stores at the beginning of July and will be a great addition for Optus business and retail customers,” Mr Offer said.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone can be purchased from Optus small business for $0 upfront* on a 24 month ‘yes’ business BlackBerry $79 Cap Plan.

For more information about the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone, please visit au.blackberry.com

* MicroSD/SDHC memory cards are available today in configurations of up to 16GB and the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is expected to support upcoming 32GB microSD/SDHC cards.
** Minimum Total Cost for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 on the ‘yes’ Business BlackBerry $79 Cap Plan over 24 months is $1,896.

About Optus
Optus is an Australian leader in integrated communications. The company specialises in a broad range of communications services including mobile, local, national and long distance telephony, business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription television. For more information please visit www.optus.com.au

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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