Vodafone Germany and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry 8707v for corporate and individual users in Germany.

Intelligent light sensing technology automatically optimizes screen and keyboard lighting levels for indoor and outdoor viewing. Users can also easily view popular attachment formats including JPEG, BMP, TIFF, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect and Adobe PDF.

The BlackBerry 8707v also features an ergonomic, full QWERTY keyboard to enable rapid and accurate thumb typing and includes dedicated "send", "end", "mute" and "power" keys. A built-in speakerphone enables hands-free conversation and convenient conference calls. The device can also be used with a wireless headset or car kit via Bluetooth.

For corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.  

For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry Internet Service enables users to manage up to ten corporate and personal email accounts (including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook, IBM Lotus Domino and most popular ISP email accounts) from a single device.

The device is expected to be available from Vodafone Germany shortly.