Both available starting next week

Jun 8, 2006 14:26 GMT  ·  By

Cingular Wireless and Research In Motion unveiled today the new BlackBerry 7130c.

Cingular's BlackBerry Personal Plan includes BlackBerry Internet Service, which optimizes the personal e-mail experience. Users with multiple e-mail accounts can choose from multiple "sent from" e-mail addresses when sending an e-mail. Customers can also browse the Web wirelessly via Cingular's popular MEdia Net wireless Internet access service or use the BlackBerry Browser for HTML Internet browsing. The solution, which will be available starting next week in Cingular retail stores, is ideal for on-the-go consumers.

The new BlackBerry 7130c, exclusively available from Cingular, has a slimmer, narrower phone-like design. It allows users to stay connected with a full featured phone and integrated, wireless high-speed access to email, text messaging, Web, organizer and other applications. The handset uses RIM's popular SureType technology, which effectively converges a telephone keypad and a QWERTY keyboard to attain the narrow design of a traditional mobile phone, while ensuring dialing and typing is quick and easy.

The BlackBerry 7130c delivers premium phone features including smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, call forwarding, polyphonic and MP3 ring tones, as well as speakerphone and Bluetooth support to ensure wide compatibility with hands-free headsets and car kits. It also features a large, brilliant 240 x 260 color LCD screen that supports more than 65,000 colors, delivers vivid graphics and features an intelligent light sensing technology that automatically adjusts screen and keyboard lighting to provide an optimized view in outdoor, indoor and dark environments. The quad-band BlackBerry is compatible with Cingular's EDGE network, features an Intel processor, 64 MB flash memory and 16 MB SDRAM.

?RIM and Cingular are providing a winning combination that will once again broaden the appeal of BlackBerry," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at RIM. ?The BlackBerry 7130c incorporates our latest technology in a slim and stylish design and works with a newly enhanced service that makes it even easier to set up and manage personal email accounts. It operates on Cingular's high-speed EDGE network and delivers outstanding voice, email and browsing performance. Together with Cingular's new BlackBerry Personal Plan, the BlackBerry 7130c is a compelling choice for customers looking to upgrade their mobile phone."

The new BlackBerry Personal Plan from Cingular will be available beginning Monday, June 12, in Cingular retail stores across the U.S. and includes unlimited e-mail and Web browsing for $29.99 per month. The BlackBerry 7130c is available for $199.99 with a two-year contract.