- New smartphone features high speed network access, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, trackpad and dedicated media keys~
- Tata Indicom offers free the Gold 900 data package for two months and free live TV subscription for three months to new subscribers choosing the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone
Tata Teleservices Limited, India's fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom service provider, and Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today introduced the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530 smartphone to CDMA customers on the Tata Indicom network. The new BlackBerry Curve 8530 brings ease-of-use to email, messaging, social networking, multimedia and entertainment for people on the go, and is now available at authorized Tata Indicom retail stores across India.
The combination of pre-paid and post-paid plans from Tata Indicom together with the BlackBerry® smartphone's user-friendly features will enable Tata Indicom to deliver a rich mobile communications experience to customers. Until 30th June 2010, Tata Indicom is offering free data services for two months along with the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Connected on Tata Indicom's fast CDMA network, customers can also enjoy watching free live TV for the first 3 months if they subscribe before 30th June, 2010.
"The CDMA smartphone market is developing rapidly. The launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 will give Tata Indicom customers access to a very approachable smartphone at an affordable price," said Mr. Pradeep Dwivedi, Senior Vice President, Tata Teleservices Limited. "We believe that the BlackBerry Curve 8530 supported by our extensive network will appeal to young professionals and students who want easy-to-use smartphones with rich communications and multimedia features that allow them to stay connected through social networking sites, instant messaging services including BlackBerry® Messenger, and email."
The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is an incredibly approachable, feature-rich smartphone. It includes an innovative optical trackpad, which delivers a great navigation experience. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is equipped with dedicated media keys, which are smoothly integrated along the top of the handset giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos. With high speed network access and its built-in Wi-Fi®, customers can enjoy faster access to the Internet and extended data coverage.
In addition to providing the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM & SMS) and social networking, and an easy-to-use, full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 comes with powerful multimedia features, useful applications to help users stay organized and productive and full HTML browsing.
"RIM is delighted to introduce the new BlackBerry Curve 8530 in India with Tata Indicom network and we are confident that it will appeal to a wide audience of customers with its exceptional messaging and social media apps as well as its powerful multimedia features," said Frenny Bawa, Managing Director, India, Research In Motion.
The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone measures 109 mm x 60 mm x 13.90 mm (L x W x D) and weighs only 106 grams (including battery). It comes packed with features including:
BlackBerry Curve 8530 features in India:
- Easy-to-use, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
- 256 MB flash memory and 528 MHz next generation processor for enhanced performance
- Supports voice-activated dialing and Bluetooth® (version 2.1), with support for hands-free headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
- High speed internet roaming on CDMA networks
- Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
- GPS with support for location-based applications
- Digital camera with zoom and video recording*
- Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
- BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync photos and music from your computer to the smartphone**Access to BlackBerry App World™, featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry® smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more
- - Access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, BlackBerry® Messenger) and popular social networking sites such as Facebook® and MySpace
- Powerful multimedia capabilities with dedicated media keys smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos
- Support for BlackBerry services with access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! ®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail, and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration for corporate deployments
- Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD™/SDHC memory card slot, supporting up to 32 GB cards
* Video recording requires microSD card
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies. Photo syncing is currently only available for Windows-based PCs.
Source: Research In Motion (RIM)