RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 9320 at Rs 15,990 in India

A little more than a month after the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 9220, Research in Motion has announced the release of the 3Genabled BlackBerry Curve 9320. The phone was first announced two weeks ago.
Much of the features of the 9320 are similar to the 9220. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is priced at Rs 15,990 in India whereas its 3G-less cousin is priced at Rs 10,990.
Quite like the 9220, the 9330 also includes built-in FM radio and a dedicated BBM key. According to RIM the phone can deliver upto 7 hours of talk time or 30 hours of FM radio listening or music playback with headphones.
It has the latest BlackBerry 7.1 OS and features mobile hotspot support.
At 103 g 9320 is a gram heavier than the 9220, but has a better 3.2 megapixel camera.
BlackBerry Curve 9320 full specifications
- Height 4.29 in / 109 mm
- Width 2.36 in / 60 mm
- Depth 0.5 in / 12.7 mm
- Weight 103 g
- 3.2 MP camera
- Flash
- Video recording
- 4X digital zoom
- Image stabilization
- Extended depth of field
- Geotagging
- Memory: 512 MB eMMC / 512 MB RAM
- Expandable memory: Hot Swappable MicroSD up to 32 GB uSD card
- 1450 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery (J-S1)
- Talk time: up to 7 hours
- Standby time: up to 18 days
- Music playback time: up to 30 hours (with headset usage)
- 5-key, backlit, narrow QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- Send and Menu keys to the left of the trackpad
- ESC and End keys to the right of the trackpad
- Dedicated keys: Send, End (Power), Menu, Escape, Camera (user customizable, convenience key), Volume Up/Down (Fwd/Rwd for media, Zoom for camera), Mute (Play/Pause for media), BBM (user customisable, convenience key), Top Lock
- 802.11 b/g/n enabled
- WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise
- Cisco CCX certification
- Wi-Fi® access to BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry Internet Bundle
- Direct IP web browsing over Wi-Fi
- Audio formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3pg, .3gp2,.m4v, .avi, .asf, .mp3, .wmv, .wma, .flac,.ogg, .aac, .amr, .wav, .mid
- Video formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp, .3gp2,.m4v, .avi, .asf, .wmv, .wma
- Picture formats: .bmg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif,.wbmp
- Bluetooth headset capable
- Integrated hands-free speakerphone
- 3.5 mm stereo headset capable
- qVGA 320x240 resolution
- 164 ppi
- Transmissive TFT LCD
- 2.44" (measured diagonally)

RIM Sets Up Blackberry Servers in Mumbai

Research In Motion (RIM), the Makers of Blackberry smartphones has atlast sets up a server in Mumbai, due to the much pressure exerted by the Indian government. Government of India has been asking them to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services.
During a high-level meeting at the Union home ministry recently, officials of the security agencies were informed that serverswere installed. The servers have been inspected by a team of officers and permission for direct linkage for lawful interception was expected to be issued shortly.
The government and BlackBerry manufacturers were in a logjam over its services in India as security agencies had raised a red flag over its operations citing non availability of method to intercept its messenger service and enterprise mail.
However, there was a climbdown by the government on intercepting mail sent through BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) which decrypts the messages and sends it toemail server of the service provider where it remains stored in decrypted form. Then the message is pushed to the BlackBerry device in encrypted form.