New 3G Smartphone Delivers High-End Features and Performance in a Compact and Highly Refined Design Sydney, Australia – Thursday, 5 November 2009 – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today debuted the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone in Australia and New Zealand. The striking new smartphone builds on the success of the original BlackBerry Bold and offers state-of-the-art functionality and multimedia features in a new, sleek and stylish design that will appeal to users for both their business and personal needs.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the latest release of NX™ software, the company’s flagship digital product development solution. With NX 7.0, Siemens PLM Software introduces HD3D, an open and intuitive visual environment to help global product development teams unlock the value of PLM information and significantly enhance their ability to make efficient and effective product decisions. In addition, NX 7.0 includes enhancements to synchronous technology – the widely acclaimed computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE) productivity software introduced by Siemens PLM Software last year – that will further accelerate a variety of product development tasks and expand the unmatched ability of NX to effectively work with data from third party CAD applications.