BlackBerry maker aims to tighten hold on regional market - Business - JamaicaObserver.com

BlackBerry maker aims to tighten hold on regional market - Business - JamaicaObserver.com: "Research In Motion (RIM) made no bones about it.

It is coming back for leadership of the lucrative world market for smartphones with its sleek and more advanced BlackBerry Curves, officially unveiled in this ancient Colombian city on Wednesday."

The new phones, which were unveiled by senior RIM executives before a group of Latin American and Caribbean journalists at a hi-tech launch at the Hotel Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara, should push BlackBerry's take of the market from the 77 million subscribers it now has around the world with 650 carriers in 175 countries.

The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 and 9220 smartphones feature all the market-leading messaging and social network capabilities, which RIM's regional managing director for the Americas, Rick Costanzo said have helped to make BB smartphones very popular in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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