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TORONTO (AP) - Research In Motion announced a new BlackBerry model Tuesday that will provide wireless voice and data access over both cellular and Wi-Fi networks.
RIM President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis also said the attention Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs and Apple's iPhone have brought to the sector has benefited RIM.
"Hats off to Mr. Jobs for growing the whole industry," Lazaridis said Tuesday night at RIM's annual shareholder meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. "We all knew the smartphone market was growing. Some of us believe that eventually all phones will be smartphones. I think what the iPhone announcement did was that it just accelerated the public's awareness and acceptance of a smartphone."
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