Saturday, September 09, 2006
BlackBerry gets out of the office
inead Carew and Lucas van Grinsven
SEPTEMBER 08, 2006
BLACKBERRY maker Research in Motion (RIM) is pushing into a the consumer market with the Pearl, its first phone with a camera and music player.
Canada's RIM plans to launch the device with US carrier T-Mobile USA on September 12 and expects a number of other carriers to start selling the product this month, co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said. "It's going to be a main product for us in all our markets," Mr Balsillie said in an interview. The majority of RIM's more than 170 operator customers were very interested in selling the Pearl, he said.
