India's Asus M930 and M530w Can Now Use BlackBerry Connect

The Taiwanese manufacturer Asus together with the Canadian-based Reseach in Motion have recently announced that Indian owners of the M930 and M530w smartphones can now enjoy the benefits of BlackBerry Connect 4.0. 

Trough the BlackBerry Connect solution, users will be provided with push-based wireless e-mail services, which will allow them to make use of wireless e-mail synchronization, attachment viewing, BlackBerry Internet Service, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software.

Released in India back in June, Asus M930 is a communicator somehow similar to Nokia's E90. Running on Windows Mobile 6 Standard, the handset brings tri-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE, HSDPA 2100 connectivity, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 inch TFT external display with 240 x 320 pixels, a 2.6 inch TFT internal display with 400 x 240 pixels, Wi-Fi, ClearVue document viewer, a 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Media player and USB 2.0. The smartphone has a retail price of around 27,900 RNI ($635 or 436 Euros).

Also working on WM 6 Standard, Asus M530w is a bit older than the M930 and comes with features like: a 2.4 inch TFT QVGA display, a full QWERTY keypad, Wi-Fi, a 2MP camera and so on.

Talking about the new collaboration between Asus and RIM, Edward Wang, business head, Mobile Communications, Asus India, stated, "RIM has helped us to provide one of the finest mobile office solutions available on the Windows platform to our consumers. The sleek and robust functionality of the Asus M530w and M930 together with support for the BlackBerry platform will provide customers with a fast and secure communications tool." 

Susan Payne, vice president, BlackBerry Connect, Research in Motion, added, "We are pleased to be working with Asus to further expand the reach of BlackBerry services in India. With BlackBerry Connect support, ASUS customers in India will be able to leverage the power of BlackBerry services to make it easier to stay connected with colleagues, clients and friends."

In order to download BlackBerry Connect for the M530w and M930 handsets you must visit Asus' official website, found at this address.