RIM and Motorola have recently announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect 4.0 for all the Asutralian users who own a Moto Q 9h Windows Mobile smartphone. BlackBerry Connect is a software that provides access to the useful and well-known BlackBerry services, offering support for push-email and attachment viewing via BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Moreover, BlackBerry Connect brings support for BlackBerry Mobile Data System, two-way wireless syncronization as well as integration with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, and Novell GroupWise.

"Corporate and retail customers are looking for a solution that can bring mobility advantages intimately and efficiently. BlackBerry Connect software addresses many of our customers' needs and will add tremendous value to the existing MOTO Q offering," declared Andrew Volard, Managing Director, Motorola South Pacific.

Susan Payne, Vice President, BlackBerry Connect, RIM, added, "We are pleased to be working with Motorola to further expand the reach of BlackBerry services in the Asia Pacific region. With BlackBerry Connect, MOTO Q users can now enhance their mobile communications and productivity through the powerful features and convenience of the BlackBerry wireless solution".

BlackBerry Connect for Motorola Q is available for download from the Motorola Asia website, found at this address.

In Australia, Moto Q 9h is currently offered only via Optus and Vodafone, the second and the third largest mobile operators in the country. Measuring 118 x 67 x 11.8 millimeters, the smartphone is one of the slimmest business-oriented handsets on the market. Its features include 3G connectivity for high data transfer speeds (up to 3.6 Mbps), a full QWERTY keyboard for easy and fast text input, a 2.4 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels, Music and Video players, Bluetooth 2.0, Opera browser, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, voice dialing, USB, expandable memory (up to 8GB) and so on.