Movistar Offers BlackBerry Connect for Palm Treo 650 Smartphone in Spain

"Demand for wireless email solutions is driven by the need forincreased productivity amongst movistar's enterprise customers," saidLuis Ezcurra, general director of market development and marketing forTelefonica Moviles Espana. "Movistar believes that working closelywith Palm and RIM to provide the feature-rich Treo 650 with BlackBerryConnect functionality will address this demand, as enterprisecustomers are very interested in investing in solutions that supporttheir business, operational and IT objectives."

With this expansion of the "BlackBerry from movistar" portfolio,Treo 650 smartphone customers can now benefit from many popularfeatures of the "push"-based BlackBerry architecture via BlackBerryEnterprise Server(TM). For corporate customers, BlackBerry EnterpriseServer software tightly integrates with Microsoft(R) Exchange and IBMLotus(R) Domino(R) and works with existing enterprise systems toenable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporatedata.

The Treo 650 smartphone with BlackBerry Connect supports thefollowing features:

-- "Push" Corporate Email delivers messages automatically -- and wirelessly -- to the Treo 650 smartphone's inbox. Changes to the inbox, including read/unread status and deletion, can be automatically synchronized between the user's email account and the Treo 650.

-- Wireless Calendar Synchronization keeps the Treo 650 smartphone's built-in Calendar up to date remotely, allowing users to receive, accept or decline meeting requests on the go.

-- Attachment Viewing lets users view Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF documents in original format.(1)

-- Remote Address Lookup (RAL) allows users to search their corporate directory wirelessly for email addresses without the need to download every name to the Treo 650.

-- Enables centralized device management, including support for IT policies such as over-the-air device disablement and password device lock, as well as end-to-end security with Triple DES encryption.

"Providing email flexibility is one of the key features that makesthe Treo 650 a tremendous asset for business customers," said JohnHartnett, senior vice president of worldwide sales and customerrelations, Palm. "The addition of an enterprise strength emailsolution like BlackBerry Connect for movistar customers reaffirmsPalm's commitment to meet the needs of mobile professionals inEurope."

"BlackBerry has been embraced by millions of mobile professionalsaround the world because it is a scalable, secure, and proven wirelesssolution. The Treo 650 with BlackBerry Connect delivers more choicefor mobile customers by offering the combined power of the BlackBerryarchitecture with the feature rich Treo 650 smartphone," saidCharmaine Eggberry, vice president, EMEA at Research In Motion. "Weare pleased to work with Palm and movistar to offer BlackBerry Connecton the Treo 650 smartphone to corporate customers in Spain."

More information is available at:http://www.palm.com/us/enterprise/products/blackberry_connect.html.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc., a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the powerof computing in people's hands so they can access and share their mostimportant information. The company's products for consumers, mobileprofessionals and businesses include Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones,Palm handheld computers, and Palm LifeDrive(TM) mobile managers, aswell as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through Internet, retail, reseller andwireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm RetailStores and Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available athttp://www.palm.com.

About Telefonica Moviles Espana

Telefonica Moviles Espana (www.empresa.movistar.es) is theoperator of Telefonica Moviles in the Spanish market. As of April2006, Telefonica Moviles had 20.3 million customers and a widecatalogue of services and applications with the latest mobiletechnology, such as UMTS. Telefonica Moviles is one of the leadingworld operators and is a leader in Spanish and Portuguese speakingmarkets with presence in 15 countries and nearly 98.5 millioncustomers all around the world (as of December 2005).

Telefonica Moviles shares quote at Madrid and New York StockExchange with the symbol TEM.

Movistar is the brand for the companies of Telefonica MovilesGroup in the entire world with exception of Marruecos and Brazil.

About Research In Motion (RIM)

Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer andmarketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobilecommunications market. Through the development of integrated hardware,software and services that support multiple wireless networkstandards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access totime-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging,Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enablesa broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhancetheir products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM'sportfolio of award-winning products, services and embeddedtechnologies are used by thousands of organizations around the worldand include the BlackBerry(R) wireless platform, the RIM WirelessHandheld(TM) product line, software development tools, radio-modemsand software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and basedin Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europeand 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.

(1) Attachments that are sent via email can be opened by using theBlackBerry Attachment Viewing Service or via native file viewers onthe Treo 650 smartphone. Please refer to the BlackBerry de movistarEmpresa / Multinacional Palm Treo 650User Guide for supported filesand size limitations.

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