Blackberry Mobiles

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History
BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices developed and designed byCanadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 1999 The first BlackBerry device, the 850, was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager in Munich, Germany. The name BlackBerry was coined by the marketing company Lexicon Branding. In 2003, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, Internet faxing, Web browsing and other wireless information services. It is an example of a convergent device. The original BlackBerry devices, the RIM 850 and 857, used the DataTac network. BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on email. RIM currently offers BlackBerry e-mail service to non-BlackBerry devices, such as the Palm Treo, through its BlackBerry Connect software. The newest device, BlackBerry Torch was introduced in August 2010. The Torch is the first slider phone which also features the full QWERTY keyboard which BlackBerry are famous for. The consumer BlackBerry Internet Service is available in 91 countries worldwide on over 500 mobile service operators using various mobile technologies. As of October 2011, there were seventy million subscribers worldwide to BlackBerry.

What can the BlackBerry solution do?

BlackBerry smartphones allow mobile users to access communications and information wirelessly, including:* Email, GPS, Navigation, WiFi Corporate data Instant messaging Phone Internet 2G-3G and intranet access MMS and SMS

Organizer You can also have some fun with the newest models of BlackBerry smartphones. Some of these devices feature*:

Camera and video recording Media player Social networking

When you send an email or access other corporate tools using your BlackBerry smartphone, the data travels through public wireless networks, through your secure corporate firewall, and through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, to your internal corporate systems. From your BlackBerry smartphone, you can access enterprise applications seamlessly and securely, all through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Supported software
BlackBerry Messenger
Newer BlackBerry devices use the proprietary BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, software for sending and receiving instant messages via BlackBerry PIN. Blackberry Messenger is one of the fastest messengers on a smartphone.

Third-party software
Third-party software available for use on BlackBerry devices includes fullfeatured database management systems, which can be used to support customer relationship management clients and other applications that must manage large volumes of potentially complex data. BlackBerry devices will be able to run Android applications when RIM brings QNX and the Android App Player to BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Internet Service

The primary alternative to using BlackBerry Enterprise Server is to use the BlackBerry Internet Service. BlackBerry Internet Service, or BIS is available in 91 countries internationally. BlackBerry Internet Service was developed primarily for the average consumer rather than for the business consumer. BlackBerry Internet Service allows POP3 and IMAP email integration for an individual personal user. BlackBerry Internet Service allows up to 10 email accounts to be accessed, including many popular email accounts such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL. BlackBerry Internet Service also allows for the function of the push capabilities in various other BlackBerry Applications. Various applications developed by RIM for BlackBerry utilize the push capabilities of BIS, such as the Instant Messaging clients, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Social Networks Facebook, Myspace and Twitter's notification system is accessed through BIS, allowing for push notifications for them.

Use
India
Indian authorities have asked RIM to provide means to access the encrypted data for calls to, from, or within India, following concerns that it could be used by terrorist and rebel groups to carry out attacks on India. In the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, terrorists used mobile and satellite phone technologies after which security agencies and the Indian government have become more strict and alert towards communication within the country. BlackBerry has indicated willingness to set up a server in India by October, 2010 and giving the country limited access to its encryption technology. However, this will only apply to personal devices which route via RIM's infrastructure: organisations providing their own BlackBerry Enterprise Server will continue to have encrypted message flow, to which even RIM themselves will not have access. On January 31, 2011 India refused a limited access offer and demanded full access.

Models
Early pager models: 850, 857, 950, 957 Monochrome Java-based series: 5000, 6000 First color series: 7200, 7500, 7700 First SureType phone series: 7100 Modern BlackBerry series (20062008): 80008830 including: BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Pearl Flip and BlackBerry Curve 8300 Latest BlackBerry models (20082009): 8900+ GPS Wi-Fi series: BlackBerry Bold (9000),BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Tour (9630), BlackBerry Storm (9500/9530), BlackBerry Curve 8520/8530 BlackBerry Storm 2 (9520/9550) (2009): BlackBerry Storm2 BlackBerry Bold series (2009): BlackBerry Bold 9700 BlackBerry Bold series (2010): BlackBerry Bold 9650 BlackBerry Bold series (2010): BlackBerry Bold 9780 BlackBerry Bold series (2011): BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 BlackBerry Pearl series (2010): BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100/9105 BlackBerry Torch series (2010): BlackBerry Torch 9800 BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9810 BlackBerry Torch series (2011): BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 BlackBerry Curve series (2010): BlackBerry 9300/9330 BlackBerry Curve series (2011): BlackBerry 9350/9360/9370 BlackBerry Style 9670 (2010):

BlackBerry Service Providers in India

Idea Airtel Vodafone Aircel
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Mahanager Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) Reliance Communication Tata Indicom Tata Docomo