NTT DoCoMo to Start Marketing Japanese Support for BlackBerry.Tokyo, Japan, July 17, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will begin marketing Research In Motion's BlackBerry(R) 8707h(TM) with Japanese-language support* on July 23. Customers using the BlackBerry 8707h will benefit from new features - Japanese input for e-mails (including text prediction) and other personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) applications and a Japanese screen menu - that enhance already existing capabilities such as reading Japanese e-mails and browsing Japanese websites. These developments accommodate the needs of customers intending to deploy the smartphone in a Japanese-language environment. The launch of Japanese-language support will also include localization of BlackBerry Enterprise Server BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is the name of the middleware software package that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion. BES connects to messaging and collaboration software (Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise) on enterprise (TM) and BlackBerry Desktop Manager. BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with 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 Microsoft(R) Exchange, and enables secure, push-based wireless e-mail and access to other corporate data. The BlackBerry Desktop Manager allows data synchronization between a BlackBerry smartphone and a personal computer. The Blackberry 8707h device and service will be distributed exclusively through DoCoMo's corporate business division. DoCoMo will exhibit the Blackberry 8707h at its booth at Wireless Japan 2007, which takes place at Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight (東京ビッグサイト from July 18 to 20. *Product details can be found at http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/files/20070717_attachment.pdf About NTT DoCoMo NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves more than 51 million customers, of which more than half subscribe to FOMA See i-Mode. (TM), launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA See WCDMA. in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode(TM), the world's most popular mobile e-mail/ Internet service, used by more than 46 million users. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM DCM abbr. Distinguished Conduct Medal ) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com. Source: NTT DoCoMo Contact: Eijun Tanaka Assistant Manager International Public Relations Group Inquiries: http://www.nttdocomo.com/inquiry Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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