By Ben Charny, 13 November 2002 09:00
NEWS The first Nokia phone to feature BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's email software will be launched by the end of 2003. The $250 Nokia 6800 is aimed at business workers used to getting emails on BlackBerry devices and includes a keyboard that emerges when the clamshell-shaped phone is unfolded, said Nokia business applications product manager Brannon Perkison. Nokia licensed the RIM software earlier this month. The phone will be supplied to IBM Global Services and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Nokia's largest suppliers for businesses, Perkison said. It will also be available to consumers. A version of the 6800 with the email software inside will appear first in the United States some time in the second half of 2003, said Nokia representative Keith Nowak. The phone will be sold without the BlackBerry software by June 2003, he added. Ben Charny writes for News.com
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