Staff Techdrunk 
Reliance Communications Ltd, in association with RIM (Research in Motion) has launched the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone in the Indian market. Sporting a user friendly design with a full QWERTY keypad, the handset comes with RIM’s intuitive trackball navigation system and it is priced at Rs 25,990.
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone is available in a silver color finish and it features a 2 megapixel camera, advanced multimedia capabilities along with the BlackBerry platform, which supports access to e-mail, messaging and other mobile applications. Some other additional features include CDMA connectivity, media player, voice activated dialing, speakerphones, and noise and echo cancellation technology for sharp and clear phone calls. It also features Bluetooth 2.0 with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth accessories. An enhanced desktop media manager software also allows users to manage music, pictures and video easily between their PCs and the BlackBerry Curve 8330. The smartphone is also empowered with instant messaging capability with BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk. The inbuilt Internet Service provides users with the ability to access up to 10 supported e-mail accounts from a single device.
Mahesh Prasad, president, applications solutions group, RCOM, stated at the launch of the phone, “Reliance Communications is delighted to extend the choice of BlackBerry smartphones to its customers.We are pleased to introduce the feature-rich BlackBerry Curve 8330. This BlackBery smartphone is now available at more than 500 stores across the top 20 towns. With RIM’s latest innovation, our customers will be able to enhance their mobile communications and make the most of their business and leisure time with this feature-rich smartphone.”
Additionally, Frenny Bawa, VP, India, Research In Motion, said, “BlackBerry smartphones are designed to provide people with an optimised mobile experience for e-mail, phone, Web browsing and a wide range of other corporate and personal applications. RIM is very pleased to be working with Reliance to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8330 in India.”
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 is considered as the smallest and lightest full QWERTY handset in the phone market
