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RIM Wireless Handhelds
RIM Wireless Handhelds are revolutionary communication devices that allow mobile professionals to send
and receive email wherever they go. All RIM handhelds incorporate breakthrough wireless technology to
deliver simple, mobile email access.
Customers now have a choice between the RIM 850 Wireless Handheld™, running over the DataTAC®
network, and the RIM 950 Wireless Handheld™ or RIM 957 Wireless Handheld™, operating over the
Mobitex network.
The RIM 850™ and RIM 950™ are pager-sized handhelds which have had a strong presence in the
wireless data world since fall 1998. The new RIM 957™, announced in April 2000, delivers RIM’s award-
winning wireless technology in a sleek, palm-sized device with a large, crisp display.
All RIM Wireless Handhelds include the same industry-leading wireless performance, full-featured
connected organizer and ‘Always On, Always Connected™’ operation.
RIM Wireless Email Solutions
BlackBerry Wireless Email Solution
BlackBerry, the leading wireless email solution, is the only totally integrated package that includes desktop
software, nationwide airtime and a choice of easy-to-use RIM Wireless Handhelds. With BlackBerry,
customers can send and receive email; maintain access to their organizer; and use optional web services
to easily access information such as news, weather, stock and travel updates. BlackBerry maximizes
productivity and minimizes downtime through a superior, end-to-end, integrated solution.
Recognizing the wide range of email platforms currently in use throughout North America, RIM has
developed a collection of BlackBerry offerings, each of which excels in different email systems.
BlackBerry Exchange Edition
Designed specifically for corporate environments using Microsoft®Exchange, BlackBerry Exchange
Edition has already gained a wide range of followers since starting to ship in January 1999. Through 1999,
Microsoft Exchange experienced an 82% growth in penetration, reaching over 44 million seats*.
BlackBerry has attracted the attention of many large organizations by allowing mobile professionals to
stay connected and productive while meeting the corporate security needs of the IT department.
Financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston and Salomon Smith Barney are
providing employees with BlackBerry as a way to keep connected and productive when they are away from
their desks. Law firms such as Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
are providing their lawyers with BlackBerry as an effective and non-obtrusive means of communication.
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“The ultimate mobile computing tool of 1999
is the tiny Research In Motion BlackBerry.”
Kevin Railsback, InfoWorld Product of the Year, January 2000.