MANILA, Philippines – Globe brings the BlackBerry lifestyle to Filipino consumers with the launch of the new BlackBerry Storm powered by Globe’s Personal BlackBerry Plans. The BlackBerry Storm features the world’s first “clickable” touch-screen, allowing its users to experience a tactile touch and click response that is unique to this exciting device.
US President Barack Obama is just one of the famous BlackBerry users. Foreign celebrities Kate Hudson, Madonna, Victoria Beckham, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Ashley Tisdale and Adriana Lima are all on BlackBerry. The new BlackBerry Storm was even spotted in an episode from the latest season of Gossip Girl.
Filipino consumers are fast becoming avid users of BlackBerry, too. Honee So, national sales manager of Perfetti Van Melle, said, “I love that my BlackBerry gives me unlimited access to my friends and loved ones here or abroad through YM, Facebook, and real-time e-mail. Plus, the ever-efficient BlackBerry Messenger is the techie equivalent of passing notes during meetings!”
Jannie Villacorta, brand manager for Armani, Ralph Lauren, Diesel and Cacharel fragrances, adds, “I’ve always been a BlackBerry user. It’s a digital assistant, phone and camera in one. I also love the fact that I can IM my friends abroad for free without having to worry about IDD costs and surcharges!”
Stay up-to-date with family, friends and other business or personal contacts in style through instant messaging (IM) that one can take anywhere. The BlackBerry Storm allows users access to BlackBerry Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk. With these popular IM applications, users can carry on real-time IM with friends in several locations, with no per-message charge. With BlackBerry’s push e-mail capability, get all your important e-mails wherever you go, all the time.
For the first time, individuals can now get their very own BlackBerry Plans. The personal BlackBerry Plans are one-of-a-kind post-paid data plans that you can add to your existing Globe GPlan or GFlex Plan for a complete call, text messaging and mobile Internet package in one. Globe’s Personal BlackBerry Plans are available at Plan 700 for 5 MB of data, which is approximately 130 emails or 500 instant messages (IMs) per day. The Plan 850 gives subscribers 8 MB of data for approximately 210 e-mails or 700 IMs per day. The Plan 1100 allows 10 MB of data so its users gets approximately 265 e-mails or 1000 IMs per day. These are based on estimated emails using a BlackBerry device.
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For more information, visit any Globe Business Center or log on to www.globe.com.ph.