July 5, 2007 at 12:39 pm · Authored by Alex · Filed under Devices

Chinese users could soon be getting addicted to what the rest of the world affectionally knows as the ‘Crackberry’, as Research in Motion (RIM) wins approval from the Government to sell it’s range of Blackberry handheld email devices in the country.

According to RIM, they’ve been battling to get approval from Beijing for the last eight years. Devices are expected to be available in shops from August - with 5,000 advanced orders already placed, according to reports.