The FINANCIAL -- Smart telecom, a national cellular operator, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), one of the global leaders in wireless innovation, on November 2 launched the EVDO-enabled BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone in Indonesia.

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Smart will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone with two service plan options - Smart BlackBerry Hemat monthly for IDR 140,000 and Smart BlackBerry Hemat daily for IDR 5000. 

 

By subscribing to the BlackBerry service offered by Smart, customers get unlimited Internet and email access on Smart's high-speed network at an affordable price.  The service also allows subscribers to enjoy unlimited video streaming (RTSP), access to popular instant messaging services (BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo ! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk) and social networking sites (Facebook and MySpace).

 

"Activating BlackBerry service from the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is very easy - users simply send an SMS to 2233 with the text “ON Hemat30” for monthly service or “ON Hemat1” for daily service.  To deactivate, users can send an SMS with the text “OFF” to 2233.  There is no condition on subscriber type, all prepaid and postpaid customers can be benefit from the BlackBerry service," BlackBerry reported.

 

“The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone is for both personal and professional use with premium phone features, email, instant messaging, social networking, multimedia and web access together with support for a wide range of mobile applications. With the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 by Smart, we are very pleased that CDMA customers in our country, for the first time, will be able to enjoy the features and power of the BlackBerry platform on our network, which provides high-speed data services at an attractive price,” said Tom Alamas Dinharsa, Head of Device Technology & Special Projects, PT Smart Telecom.

 

Features of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone include:

 

Easy-to-use full QWERTY keyboard and trackball navigation

 

2.0 Mega Pixel camera with flash, 5x zoom and video recording

High resolution (320 x 240) color display (supports more than 65,000 colors)

Easy access to social networking applications such as Facebook and MySpace

Easy access to popular Instant Messaging (chatting) services such as BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk

Bluetooth 2.0

GPS navigation and BlackBerry Maps application

Removable, rechargeable batterythat provides approximately 4 hours of talk time and 11 days of standby

Industry leading service with BlackBerry "push" email

Media Player, , BlackBerry Browser, and other features

microSD memory card slot for media storage, supports up to 8GB cards

"The BlackBerry Curve smartphone has become extremely popular with both business users and consumers around the world, and we are delighted to leverage our experience and global leadership in CDMA smartphone technology to extend the reach of the BlackBerry service platform to CDMA customers in Indonesia. We are very pleased to introduce the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone to Smart's customers in Indonesia," said Gregory Wade, Managing Director for Southeast Asia at Research In Motion.

 

 

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