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Motorola and Research in Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect software (v4.0) on the MOTO Q in Australia. 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 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.

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

The upcoming BlackBerry Javelin has a similar design as BlackBerry Bold. It comes with built in WiFi and GPS but will only support EDGE data connection without 3G. The availability date is still unchanged though, it is rumored to be available in mid-2009.

Source [berryreview.com]

crackberry has obtained the BlackBerry Thunder live photos, which is also rumored to be called BlackBerry 9500 when available. The BlackBerry Thunder is the first full touch screen BlackBerry smartphone from RIM, it has 4 shortcut key buttons below the display screen, and text input is rely on the virtual keyboard like the iPhone.

While you will get a full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode, a SureType keyboard is used in potrait mode. Not all the users will love this implementation, although this will give you a bigger size for each buttons. Of course what you see here should be a prototype, it is not final until you see the official announcement this year.

Source [crackberry]

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NTT DOCOMO announced today that on August 1 it will launch the BlackBerry Internet Service for direct connection to the Internet without the need for a dedicated server. The service can be used with the BlackBerry 8707h, which is being sold in Japan at the moment.

The BlackBerry Internet Service will cost 3,045 yen per month (tax included). The FOMA basic monthly fee and normal packet charges will apply separately. In addition, a discount packet-billing plan to be launched on September 1, called the BlackBerry Data Transmission Package, will enable users to transmit up to 80,000 packets of data per month for a flat charge of 1,680 yen. Data exceeding this limit will be charged at 0.0525 yen per packet.

DOCOMO will demonstrate the new BlackBerry Internet Service during Wireless Japan 2008 at Tokyo Big Sight from July 22 to 24.

Other than the new Googld Talk for Apple iPhone, Google Maps for mobile team has also announced a new voice search feature on its search application. The new feature is compatible with a select group of BlackBerry devices at the moment include BlackBerry Pearl 8110, 8120 and 8130 in US.

According to the announcement on the team blog, here is the instruction on using the voice search:

1. Press “0″ to center the map view around your location
2. Press the left-side key and hold it while you say the name or type of business you’re looking for (for example, “pizza”)
3. When you’re done speaking, release the left-side key, and our voice recognition technology will figure out your request and find the business you’ve been looking for, no typing needed.

Get it now on your BlackBerry Pearl by visiting http://www.google.com/gmm on your mobile phone

via [googlemobile]