Get free BBM for 1 year on your new BlackBerry Curve 9220, 9320

RIM's trying hard to woo customers this Diwali season. It seems that the BlackBerry maker is offering free BlackBerry Messaging for users who purchase the Curve 9220 and Curve 9320 smartphones between 9 Nov and 9 December this year.

According to an NDTV report, for Vodafone subscribers the services will start within 48 hours of inserting the SIM in the smartphone while Airtel users will have to send SMS to 543210 with the message 'BBM' to activate their free service.

BlackBerry Messenger plans currently offered by telecom companies start at Rs 129 per month.

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For those who like to text a lot, this might not be such a bad idea but remember that this has a flipside: you will have to buy a new BB.

RIM's next range of devices, BlackBerry 10 is expected to be launched in 10 March and unlike older BB devices these will see a completely new OS. The new devices will be fully-touchscreen and RIM will definitely be saying goodbye to the QWERTY keyboard.

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The Curve 9220 is available for Rs 11,699 on Flipkart, although you can get it for Rs 10,199 online on sites such as Tradus, etc.The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is available for Rs 15,500 online.