SHOWCASE: Research in Motion (RIM)  unveiled the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone - the BlackBerry Curve 8900 - in the Philippines today. Within the region, the Curve 8900 has been announced in Singapore with a price of S$898 (US$586) without contract.

BlackBerry Curve 8900 has no price and service plan yet, but expect them before the end of March 2009.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone weighs 110g and measures 109 x 60 x 13.5mm. Besides the usual multimedia and office productivity apps, the Curve 8900 has a built in GPS, EDGE, a HVGA+ (480 x 360) screen and 3.2-megapixel camera. It also boasts a hot-swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot with support for cards up to 16GB. The Curve 8900 will be available from Globe Telecom and Smart Communications but pricing info and service plans weren’t released by the carriers. 

Information about the BlackBerry Curve 8900 was previously announced with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 in Singapore on January 15. However, while there are no pricing or service plans released for the Curve 8900 by carriers SingTel and StarHub so far, M1 Singapore has it at S$898 (US$586) without plan and between S$298-S$498 (US$194-US$325) for different service plans here.

The Curve 8900 is currently offered by T-Mobile in the US and Rogers in Canada.

Meanwhile, here are some images of the BlackBerry Curve 8900.