Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Introduces the BlackBerry Pearl.New Smartphone Available in Carrier's 17-State Service Area OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems - the largest independent provider of wireless service in rural America - today announced the availability of the BlackBerry[R] Pearl[TM] smartphone at its locations nationwide. Developed by Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :RIM), the small, smart and stylish BlackBerry Pearl is one of the smallest and lightest smartphones in the world, and delivers the renowned BlackBerry user experience with the full complement of functionality including voice, e-mail, messaging, organizer, web browser and other mobile applications. The BlackBerry Pearl is also the first BlackBerry handset to incorporate a digital camera, MP3 player, video player and an expandable memory slot. Cellular One will offer the BlackBerry Pearl in the two-toned, silver and black finish. "We are pleased to bring another innovative wireless product to our customers," said Thomas K. Roberts, Chief Marketing Officer for Cellular One. "The BlackBerry Pearl will give our users premium voice and data features along with convenient multi-media features, all from a small and sleek smartphone." Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DCEL DCEL Doubly-Connected Edge List DCEL Direct Current Electro-Luminescent ) operates wireless markets in 17 states: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and New York. The new BlackBerry Pearl from Cellular One includes: * 1.3 mega pixel camera with 3 zoom levels (up to 5X) and built-in flash * Multimedia player with support for MP3 and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. music files, as well as MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 and H.263 video formats * Stereo headset jack * 64MB built-in flash memory, with expandable storage via microSD expansion slot * An incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated 'menu' and 'escape' keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation fast and comfortable * A large, ultra-bright 240x260 color display that brings images to life * An innovative light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for optimal viewing in outdoor, indoor and dark environments * An enhanced version of RIM's popular SureType[TM] keyboard technology that makes typing text and dialing phone numbers quick and easy * Premium phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR SIVR Speaker-Independent Voice Recognition ) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD (Value Added Dealer) Same as VAR. ), dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, speakerphone, and Bluetooth[R] support for use with hands-free headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals * Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding * Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones * High performance HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. browser for visiting web sites while on the go * BlackBerry[R] Internet Service support - allows users to access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. email accounts * BlackBerry[R] Enterprise Server support - tightly integrates with Microsoft[R] Exchange, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) [R] Lotus[R] Domino[R] and Novell[R] GroupWise[R] environments and features a new set of IT policy controls that allows IT departments to manage camera and expansion memory usage * The BlackBerry Pearl operates on Cellular One's GSM/GPRS/EDGE network For more information about the products and services of Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems, visit www.celloneusa.com. About Cellular One Cellular One is a trade name of Dobson Cellular Systems, a subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DCEL). The company owns and operates wireless markets in 17 states. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. |
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