The M600i is the first to offer the ability to purchase online

Jul 28, 2006 08:27 GMT  ·  By

Indosat, Sony Ericsson and Research In Motion announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect on Sony Ericsson's latest M600i mobile phone in Indonesia.

The 3G-enabled Sony Ericsson M600i with BlackBerry Connect will allow customers to choose and enjoy the feature-rich capabilities of the mobile phone together with RIM's popular BlackBerry services. Supported BlackBerry features include ''push''-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing through BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service. Additional features supported through BlackBerry Enterprise Server include: wireless calendar synchronization, remote look-up of corporate email address directory, Triple DES encryption, and IT policy enforcement and commands (such as remotely disabling or wiping data from a device in the event it is lost or stolen).

''Mobile professionals around the world are increasingly recognizing the personal productivity and organizational benefits derived from the push-based BlackBerry platform," said Norm Lo, Vice President, Asia Pacific at Research In Motion. ''RIM is pleased to work with Sony Ericsson and Indosat to bring the BlackBerry services to the M600i for customers in Indonesia. With BlackBerry Connect, M600i users will enjoy optimized wireless connectivity based on the unique and proven BlackBerry architecture.''

The M600i provides email capability and a mobile phone together in an extremely stylish, slim device featuring a touch-screen display and handwriting recognition software. The M600i is the first Sony Ericsson mobile phone on Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0, offering users great customization opportunities and the ability to purchase personal productivity and other applications online. At just 15 mm thick, it is one of the slimmest business 3G devices.