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RIM’s crossover of Bold 9000 and Curve 8900 has made its way to India, thanks to Reliance Mobile. Blackberry Tour will hit the retail shelves from October 12 for Reliance Mobile CDMA subscribers. Tour bags the World phone tag by integrating support for both CDMA as well as GSM networks and brings interesting features like 2.44-inch display, 256MB flash memory, full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2MP camera with flash, full HTML browser, GPS, microSD card support and 1400mAh battery promising to give about 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time.

Reliance will sell the device for Rs. 27,990 but for users booking it by Oct 31, they’ll be eligible for two months of free Blackberry Internet Service.

Reliance did not disclose the exact date but confirmed to launch a GSM version of Tour soon.