MOTO Q Connects to BlackBerry Services in Australia

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MOTO Q Connects to BlackBerry Services in Australia
10th July 2008
Research In Motion

Motorola and RIM announce the availability of BlackBerry Connect software on MOTO Q

Sydney, Australia – Motorola, Inc. and Research in Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of BlackBerry® Connect™ software (v4.0) on the MOTO Q in Australia.

With the BlackBerry® Connect™ software, users of the Windows Mobile 6™ based MOTO Q will be able to access popular BlackBerry services with support for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, BlackBerry® Professional Software and BlackBerry® Internet Service.

“Corporate and retail customers are looking for a solution that can bring mobility advantages intimately and efficiently,” said Andrew Volard, Managing Director, Motorola South Pacific. "BlackBerry Connect software addresses many of our customers’ needs and will add tremendous value to the existing MOTO Q offering.”

“We are pleased to be working with Motorola to further expand the reach of BlackBerry services in the Asia Pacific region,” said Susan Payne, Vice President, BlackBerry Connect, RIM. “With BlackBerry Connect, MOTO Q users can now enhance their mobile communications and productivity through the powerful features and convenience of the BlackBerry wireless solution.”

BlackBerry Connect software for MOTO Q9h supports “push”-based wireless access to email, including support for wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing through BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Professional Software and BlackBerry Internet Service.


Additional features supported by BlackBerry Connect v4.0 on BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software include:

• Integration with IBM Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell GroupWise® to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
• Complete, two-way wireless synchronisation of email, calendar, address book and task information;
• Support for attachment viewing for popular file and image formats*;
• Remote look-up of corporate email address directory;
• Triple DES or AES wireless encryption;
• Support for BlackBerry® Mobile Data System allowing organizations to wirelessly extend corporate data to mobile users;
• Wireless device provisioning to allow devices to be activated wirelessly;
• Ability for mobile users to wirelessly configure out-of-office replies, email filters, and auto-signatures directly from their device; and
• Ability for IT groups to wirelessly enforce IT policies.

Availability
BlackBerry Connect v4.0 for the MOTO Q is available for download at http://asia.motorola.com/q9/download/ANZ.html