Blackberry Curve 8520 To Be Avaliable In Airtel Retails Across India From August 7/09

Airtel is all set to launch the Blackberry Curve 8520 by August 7.Blackberry Curve 8520  can be used in both the prepaid  and postpaid schemes .Airtel is doing so in collaboration with RIM(Research in Motion) the manufacturer of Curve 8520.The prepaid Blackberry plan is  slated to cost Rs299 monthly.

Blackberry Curve 8520 will be available at a price of Rs15,990 and is being regarded an affordable version as compared to Blackberry Curve 8900.This Curve model release  by RIM  can seen as mass market attack rather than its usual elite market concentration.  A large set of public who dreamed of having a Blackberry, but for the price can now afford it.

Blackberry Curve 8520 is the first device to have an innovative touch-sensitive track pad .It has especially concentrated on multimedia features this time having a dedicated key for multimedia .Curve 8520 supports iTunes, windows media player and has a 3.5mm jack.

Blackberry Curve 8520 will certainly pose a good competition to the E-series models of Nokia which have a starting price of Rs12,500.We will also see different shades of the blackberry deviating from its signature black color. One can grab this new sensation in any Airtel authorized outlet from Tuesday onwards.

Blackberry Curve 8520 has got sexy features. It has full-QWERTY keyboard, 256 MB Flash memory and a 512 MHz CPU .For connectivity it has full Wi-Fi support. The memory can be expanded up to 16 GB with its micro SD/SDHC cards. The screen being 2.4 inches and a mix of 65000 colors is not the best by Blackberry, however it is still decent. It weighs around 106 grams.
Blackberry 8520 has a good 2 megapixel camera which also supports video recording. The 1150 mAhr battery has a has been quoted with a good battery life of 4.5 hours talk time and 17 days of standby time.

Airtel Customers in India can get anytime information about Blackberry Curve 8520  by sending an sms titled ‘BB’ to 543210. Blackberry Curve 8520 costs 15990INR.