Tech Pacific has signed to distribute Vodafone's Mobile Connect software and new BlackBerry handsets under an agreement that commences on 4 October.

Plenty of modern phones support email, of course, but what always made BlackBerry special was its push technology. With this, you don't need to dial up to collect your email: just sit back and wait for the messages to come to you. Wherever you are, if an urgent email comes through to any of your email addresses -- and the 7100v supports up to 10 -- you can act on it instantly.

Sleeker than the original, this BlackBerry continues the messaging workhorse tradition we've come to expect.