Today Verizon wireless announced that it is going to offer the latest and affordable RIM’s smartphone called Blackberry 8520. Recently released on August 2009, it is a sleek and compact smartphone that comes with full functional QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive optical keypad to enjoy texts input and emails.

Powered by Blackberry OS, it is a perfect device for those business professionals. It offers messaging services like SMS, MMS, email and IM to stay keep in touch with your near and dear ones. Sporting 2-megapixel camera, it allows to capture both still shots and videos. Music capability is also forte of this device. It features dedicated music keys and 3.5mm audio jack for seamless music entertainment. And yet the video player supports video files like MP4, H.263, H.264 and WMV file formats.

What’s more, Blackberry 8520 offers supreme connectivity option. With Wi-Fi support, it offers broadband-like internet service no matter where you are. All-in-all, it is a compact and sleek smartphone released from Research in Motion (RIM).