BlackBerry: E-Mail on the Go.

The writer rates Canadian company Research in Motion Limited's latest device, the BlackBerry. He explains that this platform can deliver e-mail in clear text, permits users to respond using an ergonomically designed keypad, and also serves as a global system for mobile communication, or GSM, phone...

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Publicado en:Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 165; no. 26; pp. 31 - 32
Autor principal: Vatikiotis, Michael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Review Publishing Company Ltd. July 4 2002
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Sumario:The writer rates Canadian company Research in Motion Limited's latest device, the BlackBerry. He explains that this platform can deliver e-mail in clear text, permits users to respond using an ergonomically designed keypad, and also serves as a global system for mobile communication, or GSM, phone and wireless application protocol browser. He contends that the system performs well and is mercifully easy to operate. He points out that the device, already very popular in the U.S., has been brought to Asia by Hong Kong's Orange cellular phone provider.