Celebrities at the Blackberry event

MANILA, Philippines - With the continuous advancements in today’s smartphone technologies, connecting with someone and sustaining it has never been easier.

Leading the way in enabling people to connect and maintain their relationships is Research In Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry smartphone. The star-studded In The Name Of Love: The BlackBerry Show held recently at the Trinoma Mall Activity Center, BlackBerry demonstrated how it helps users stay connected with family, friends and associates.

Hosted by Kris Aquino, The BlackBerry Show gathered some of local entertainment’s brightest stars to talk about how their BlackBerry smartphones help them navigate their way through their adventures and misadventures in love. They discussed how their favorite messaging and social media applications on BlackBerry enable them to reach out to loved ones despite the challenges and demands of being in the limelight. 

Celebrities who shared their Blackberry stories were Dennis Trillo, Jennylyn Mercado, Carla Abellana, Geoff Eigenmann, Kris Bernal, Aljur Abrenica, Joshua Dionisio, Barbie Forteza, Jhake Vargas, Bea Binene, Jon Avila, Sunshine Cruz and Gab Valenciano.

The audience had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the latest BlackBerry smartphones. Demo booths displayed the BlackBerry Curve 3G, designed to provide a distinctly powerful, approachable and affordable choice; the BlackBerry Bold 9780, featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and optical trackpad, and the BlackBerry Torch 9800, the world’s first smartphone to combine a BlackBerry keyboard with a full touch screen. BlackBerry Bold 9780 and BlackBerry Torch are powered by BlackBerry 6, a new operating system that retains the trusted features of the BlackBerry brand while delivering new features including Universal Search, Social Feeds and a fast WebKit browser.

Seven lucky audience members became instant BlackBerry owners via a special raffle held at the event.

 For details, log on to www.blackberry.com.