RIM India has roped in Kapoor at a time when it is gearing up to announce BlackBerry 10 version devices on January 30, 2013.
Research In Motion, which makes Blackberry mobile handsets, would step up its retail presence across the country to stay afloat in the fiercely competitive smartphones market.
It comes with a keyboard along with touch display.
BlackBerry (BB) maker Research In Motion (RIM) is targeting to associate with more than 100,000 registered developers to create innovative and user-friendly applications by 2014.
Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphones, today launched a high-end model, BlackBerry Torch 9860 smartphone, priced at Rs 28,490, featuring the new BlackBerry 7 operating system.
While the brand is facing stiff competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platform in the consumer market and is likely to come face to face with renewed competition in the enterprise market from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 in early 2011, Frenny Bawa, managing director, RIM India, is confident of staying ahead of the pack.