Singapore Telecommunications have announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P910i smartphone to SingTel customers in Singapore. BlackBerry Connect enables the P910i to connect to push-based BlackBerry services, automatically delivers email and other data to and from the smartphone. Customers will be able to access BlackBerry services on the P910i while maintaining the existing P910i experience and functionality.

"SingTel's customers have been able to enjoy the benefits of wireless email access on their BlackBerry handhelds since last year.?We are pleased to work with Sony Ericsson to enable more of our end-user customers to enjoy the BlackBerry service on the P910i as well. Our customers can also look forward to SingTel's robust GPRS network and strong international roaming capabilities to enable them to access their email wirelessly in over 100 networks worldwide,? said Vanessa Chow, SingTel?s Deputy Director, Product Marketing (Consumer Business).

The P910i is a high-quality communications tool for voice calls, text and picture messaging, and email, as well as providing full PDA/organizer functions. In addition, it is a camera-phone capable of recording video and still images and provides a good gaming experience on the 262K color touch-screen.

The P910i is based on the open Symbian OS v7.0 and the established UIQ user interface.