* BlackBerry Style is India's first smartphone with a full-QWERTY keyboard and an elegant flip design

* Offers dual high-resolution displays and runs the new BlackBerry 6 operating system

MUMBAI: Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone for CDMA customers in India  The new smartphone comes in a compact flip design with dual high-resolution displays and a full-QWERTY keyboard. It also features the new BlackBerry 6 operating system.

The BlackBerry Style smartphone comes with an optical trackpad for fluid navigation and has two large displays, an external screen for quick viewing notifications, messages and a high-resolution internal screen for Web browsing and watching videos.

The smartphone alos features a full-QWERTY BlackBerry keyboard that makes email, messaging and real-time chats with BlackBerry Messenger incredibly easy. It also comes with advanced features, including a 5MP camera with flash and support for video recording, built-in GPS for location-based apps, geo-tagging, Wi-Fi for faster connectivity, extended data coverage and an expandable memory slot up to 32GB.

The new BlackBerry 6 features a redesigned interface that retains the familiar and trusted features of the BlackBerry brand. In addition to preinstalled applications for accessing YouTube, BBM, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, the BlackBerry Style offers enhanced multimedia capabilities, including a redesigned media application for a richer experience with music, pictures and videos. It also features a new WebKit-based browser that renders HTML Web pages for a great browsing experience.

Key features:

??  Full-QWERTY keyboard and two high resolution displays

??  Support for 3G networks

??  BlackBerry 6

??  Powerful new Web-Kit browser

??  Enhanced media player for music, pictures and videos

??  5 MP camera with autofocus, video recording, scene modes and geotagging

??  Built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)

Additional Specs:

??  Approximately 3.8... x 2.4... x 0.7... (closed)

??  Approximately 4.6 oz.

??  512MB Flash memory, plus an 8GB microSD/SDHC memory card included (slot supports up to 32GB memory cards)

??  Internal display measuring 2.7... diagonal (360 x 400); external display measuring 2... diagonal (240x320)

??  Audio formats supported: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC, OGG

??  Video formats supported: MPEG4, H.263, MPEG4 Simple Profile H.264, WMV

??  Talk Time: ~4.5 hrs and Standby Time: ~ 10.5 days

??  Network support: Dual Band CDMA/EVDO Rev A: CDMA 800; CDMA 1900

Research In Motion managing director Frenny Bawa said, The CDMA segment represents a significant portion of the overall mobile subscriber base in India and we are pleased to further our commitment to Indian consumers with the introduction of this powerful and stylish BlackBerry smartphone. The BlackBerry Style is a new and exciting choice for customers, offering an attractive flip design and an intuitive user experience powered by the new BlackBerry 6 operating system....

The new BlackBerry Style is available in the mark