Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of the new BlackBerry Storm in Serbia in cooperation with the local mobile operator VIP mobile, part of Telekom Austria. The touch-screen multimedia device, which will run on VIP’s WCDMA/HSPA network, comes with several pre-loaded applications, including  Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ and Flickr Photo Uploader.

Vip mobile, a member of mobilkom austria group, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone – featuring the world’s first clickable touch-screen – to customers in Serbia. The BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s powerful platform, including exceptional multimedia and communications capabilities, gives users an edge at work and at play, providing customers with personalized entertainment, information and communications at their fingertips. Purpose built for Vodafone and its partners, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone will be available in Vip mobile centers across Serbia. The price starts from RSD1 including a 1GB data package on a 24 month contract.

“We are proud to offer to our customers this highly anticipated smartphone. With the success of previously introduced BlackBerry smartphones, I am certain that the BlackBerry Storm will meet both the communications and multimedia needs of our customers” said Alexander Sperl, CEO, Vip mobile.

“We are very pleased to introduce the BlackBerry Storm smartphone with Vip and Vodafone in Serbia,” commented Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at RIM. “Consumers and business customers alike will appreciate the BlackBerry Storm smartphone for its robust communications and multimedia features and for its innovative ‘clickable’ touch-screen.”

Vip mobile received the “IT Globus” Award by the Magazine Micro-PC in December 2008 for the introduction of the BlackBerry solution in Serbia.  Vip mobile plans to continue the success story with the launch of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone.
Vip’s experts will be touring through Vip centers in Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad to demonstrate how BlackBerry smartphones can be used to access communications, information and entertainment on the move.

BlackBerry Storm smartphone
The BlackBerry Storm smartphone's unique SurePress™ touch-screen depresses ever so slightly when the screen is pressed, making virtual keyboards on the BlackBerry Storm respond like a physical keyboard and allowing easy and precise typing. The touch-screen interface also supports single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient navigation. The BlackBerry Storm can also be used in a portrait or landscape orientation to suit the task at hand.

Whether shopping for a gift online, editing an important office documents or reading a map, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone brings images to life with stunning clarity through its gorgeous 3.25-inch (480x360 at 184 ppi) display.  A multimedia powerhouse, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone supports video streaming from mobile sites like YouTube (m.youtube.com), and has a built in media player that handles a number of music and video formats. It can even be synchronised with iTunes® and Windows Media Player* for you to enjoy your music on the move or used with the BlackBerry® Remote Stereo Gateway to enjoy songs through your home stereo. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera with variable zoom, auto focus and a powerful flash that also provides continuous lighting when recording video. Through its integrated GPS, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone can pinpoint its exact location, supporting applications like BlackBerry® Maps and other location-based applications and services.

Preloaded with a broad selection of applications that were custom-built for use on BlackBerry smartphones, the BlackBerry Storm from Vip enables you to simply and easily keep your web community pages current, chat with friends and colleagues on popular instant messaging services or even add pictures to your online photo collections on Flickr™. 
Pre-loaded applications include:

• Facebook® for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Google Talk™ for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Yahoo® Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
• AOL® Instant Messenger™ for BlackBerry Smartphones
• ICQ® for BlackBerry Smartphones
• Flickr™ Photo Uploader for BlackBerry Smartphones

For more information please visit www.blackberry.com/storm or www.vipmobile.rs.
Media can access images and video of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone at www.rim.mediaseed.tv.

About Vip
On December 1, 2006 Vip, member of mobilkom austria group, was granted the license for GSM 900/1800 plus UMTS. Vip offers a full portfolio of mobile services for prepaid, postpaid and business users and was the first to introduce BlackBerry® from Vodafone to the market. Vip is the biggest Greenfield investment in Serbia to-date with planned investments of 250 million Euro in the first years of operations. At the end of March 2009 Vip served over 1.000.000. active subscribers and employed over 600 experts and managers. Vip is the exclusive strategic partner of Vodafone in Serbia.

For more information: www.vipmobile.rs.

About mobilkom austria group
Members of the mobilkom austria group, the mobile communication segment of Telekom Austria Group, are: mobilkom austria (Austria), Vipnet (Croatia), Si.mobil (Slovenia), mobilkom liechtenstein (Liechtenstein), Mobiltel (Bulgaria), Vip mobile (Serbia),  Vip operator (Macedonia) and the latest acquisition, Velcom (Belarus). More than 8,000 employees serve 17.8 million customers.

At the end of 2008 mobilkom austria group recorded revenues of EUR 3,390.9 million, EBITDA of EUR 1,340.6 million and operating income of EUR 689.3 million. mobilkom austria group stands for innovation, both in marketing and technology. The launch of the worldwide first GPRS network in Austria in 2000, the introduction of the EDGE technology as the first company in Slovenia in 2003, the first launch of a UMTS network in Europe and Austria in 2002 and the first European launch of HSDPA 7.2 in Austria and Croatia in 2007 only prove its innovative role. The know-how transfer among the group members and markets provides rapid development and implementation of all products and services throughout the group. Since 2003 mobilkom austria group has a partnership agreement with Vodafone.

More information: www.mobilkomaustriagroup.com.

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).

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