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Friday, June 27, 2008

MOTO Q9h Connects to BlackBerry Services in East Asia

Motorola and RIM announce the availability of BlackBerry Connect software on MOTO Q9h

KUALA LUMPUR – [26 June 2008] - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of BlackBerry® Connect™ software (v4.0) on the MOTO Q9h in East Asia.

With the BlackBerry Connect software, users of the Windows Mobile 6™ -based MOTO Q9h 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 Mark Shockley, Corporate Vice-President East Asia, Mobile Devices, Motorola. "BlackBerry Connect software addresses our customers’ needs and will add tremendous value to the existing MOTO Q9h offering.”

“We are pleased to be working with Motorola to further expand the reach of BlackBerry services in the Asia Pacific region,” Susan Payne, Vice President, BlackBerry Connect, RIM. “With BlackBerry Connect, MOTO Q9h customers can 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 organisations 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 Q9h is currently available for download as a free application from http://asia.motorola.com/q9/download/. Motorola will be offering BlackBerry Connect software in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines and Taiwan.

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