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Digital Mobile Philippines, Incorporated, (a.k.a., Sun Cellular) has partnered with Research in Motion ($RIMM), the maker of Blackberry smartphones.  RIM will be bringing BlackBerry Bold 9700 and BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphones to Sun subscribers.

According to Ricky G. Peña, Vice-President for Postpaid and New Business Marketing, they are excited with this move by Research in Motion.  “This is what our customers have asked for, and we are very pleased to introduce the Blackberry solution to our customers,” Peña wrote.

Sun will be offering the Blackberry on select stores initially like their shop at Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Metro East, Robinsons Manila, TriNoma, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Park Square, SM Marilao, SM Megamall, Festival Mall, SM North EDSA, SM Cebu and Ayala Cebu, but will be made available to all other Sun Shops in the future.

CNet on BlackBerry Bold 9700, “The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 boasts a sleeker design that includes an optical trackpad, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a brilliant display.  The smartphone is 3G capable, and offers WiFi with UMA support, Bluetooth and GPS.  It also gets a faster processor and updates to Blackberry OS 5.”

CrackerBerry.com gave the entry level BlackBerry Curve 8520, positive reviews, but it only comes with EDGE and WiFi unlike its older brother, the Bold 9700 which is 3G capable.

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