O2 customers are being invited to pre-register their interest in the latest BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry Curve 8900, as expected from RIM devices, its strengths are email, messaging, personal info organizing and other business applications. It is also the thinnest BlackBerry to date, measuring at just 13.5mm thick, so RIM is getting the fact that even business people care about the form factor of their devices.

The handset also features onboard Wi-Fi, GPS with BlackBerry Maps, a 3.2-megapixel camera, complete with auto focus, digital zoom and flash, while content will be displayed on a vivid 2.4-inch HVGA+ display.

The real story here: Rumours were spread far and wide that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 was going to only be available exclusively through The Carphone Warehouse. This has proven to be very false with O2 customers able to pre-register their interest in the device from December 10th and pre-order from December 22^nd from the O2 website, www.o2.co.uk/blackberry.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available for from free to £234, and is slated for release on January 5th. It is also known that it will be available on T-Mobile, though the operator hasn’t released pricing details.