Vivo and RIM Launch New GPS-Enabled BlackBerry Curve 8310 With Vivo Co-Piloto Navigation Service

The new model is the first smartphone with Vivo Co-Piloto functionality available in Brazil
San Paolo, Brazil - Vivo and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of the GPS-enabled BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 smartphone for Vivo customers in Brazil. The BlackBerry Curve 8310 is the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone and offers customers premium phone features as well as access to email, messaging (SMS, MMS, IM), organizer and Internet applications. It also features rich multimedia capabilities including a 2 megapixel camera, media player and expandable memory slot and can be used with a wide range of other business and lifestyle applications. It also comes with built-in GPS and “Vivo Co-Piloto”, a robust navigation application powered by Vivo’s wireless service that provides navigational information for more than 150 cities in Brazil. Available from Vivo’s dealers and retail stores throughout Brazil, the new BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone is offered at prices starting from R$ 399,00, with a post paid Vivo Escolha 650 plan and BlackBerry® Internet Service unlimited data plan.
Vivo Co-Piloto leverages the BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone’s built-in GPS to pinpoint the user’s location and provides them with audible turn-by-turn directions helping them find their way through the streets and avenues of major Brazilian cities. The service also allows users to track private and public establishments, including points-of-interest. Vivo Co-Piloto is both functional and easy-to-use, giving customers moving color maps of their immediate locale and the ability to zoom in or out. Another useful feature enables the user to see their geographic coordinates.
The monthly subscription fee is R$17.90 and includes unlimited monthly use.
BlackBerry Curve 8310 Smartphone Features:
A small and stylish design with smooth edges, titanium toned finish and chrome highlights. It measures 107mm x 60mm x 15.5mm and weighs approximately 111 grams.Large bright color display, full QWERTY keyboard and intuitive trackball navigation system.Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity.Premium phone features including noise cancellation technology to offset background noise, Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated ’send’, ‘end’, and ‘mute’ keys, low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth® (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals.A 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full screen viewfinder. The camera can capture images in up to three picture quality and size resolutions that can be quickly shared via email, MMS, BlackBerry® Messenger or Bluetooth. Photos can also be set as a unique caller ID or Home Screen image.A microSD/SDHC expandable memory slot for additional storage of music, pictures and video.A 3.5mm stereo headset jack, support for Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP), and dedicated volume controls.A built-in spell checker with user-customizable dictionary to help ensure accuracy of emails and other text entries.BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software, which includes a powerful media manager application that allows users to easily search for media files on their computer, view and organize them, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags and album art, create playlists and automatically copy or convert pictures, music and videos for optimal playback on the smartphone.Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ringtones.Support for instant messaging with BlackBerry Messenger, Google® Talk and Yahoo!® Messenger pre-loaded.BlackBerry® Internet Service support that allows users to access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Gmail.BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support for enterprise deployments, enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® environments.Vivo Co-Piloto Features
The service covers 150 cities, including the main Brazilian capital cities (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Florianópolis).To start a route, the user provides a destination address, including the city, state, street and number. The service then traces a route with step-by-step directions. As the user travels the route, Co-Piloto provides audible directions.Users can scroll through maps using the handset’s trackball and zoom in and out of a map.The Search feature allows the user to define the particular establishment they are looking for (eg. shopping). A list of establishments is generated and the user can select the location and request a map, additional information or a route.Favorite locations can be stored so they can be easily accessed for subsequent routes, searches or maps.
About VivoVivo (Bovespa: VIVO3, VIVO4; NYSE: VIV), controlled by Portugal Telecom and Telefônica Groups, is the carrier offering the best quality in phone calls, according to Anatel (the National Telecommunications Agency) indicators.
The factors distinguishing Vivo from competitors primarily include: a constant search for excellence in client service, focus on quality across all of its customer touch points, broadband data transmission services based on a third-generation network and a wide array of products and services.
Through Instituto Vivo, the Company has managed social responsibility investments and coordinated voluntary program actions. Vivo’s initiatives are intended for the inclusion of physically-challenged people and education that generates opportunities, jobs and income.
To foster environmental responsibility, Vivo supports an internal waste program, besides environmental education actions and a pioneering recycling project under which over 75 thousand items, including mobile phones, batteries and accessories, were collected in 2007.
About Research In Motion (RIM)Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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