BlackBerry 8800 makes its debut

By Dawn Kawamoto on 13 February 2007
Blackberry 8800

BlackBerry 8800
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Research In Motion introduced on Monday its BlackBerry 8800, designed to offer up multimedia consumer features to the corporate user.

Adopting some of the features of its consumer-oriented handheld, the BlackBerry Pearl, the BlackBerry 8800 includes a media player and a microSD expandable memory slot for music and videos. The device is among many smartphones being unveiled this week at the 3GSM World Congress, a wireless-industry trade show in Barcelona, Spain.

RIM says the BlackBerry 8800 also features its slimmest corporate design yet, with a QWERTY keyboard and a trackball screen navigation system. Global Positioning System software and Bluetooth 2.0, for use with wireless headsets, also are built into the device.

The BlackBerry 8800 is expected to be available this month through a variety of carriers worldwide. Pricing has not yet been disclosed.

Topics: rim, blackberry, smartphone, 3gsm, wireless, gps, 8800

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Comments (11)

  • KC_Boyo commented on 04/09/2007 16:48 Report abuse

    Vodafone said they would have it in stock, put up the brochures, then promptly withdrew it from the shelves. You can' t buy it from them at all, but that is no loss. You get GPS but lose 3G. I use my 3G capabilities on my 8707v extensively as a tethered modem and it is a dream. Why did they drop it?

  • lklystry commented on 28/08/2007 04:38 Report abuse

    Anyone know how I could transfer the data from my old Treo650 to this new Blackberry? I'd appreciate any tips!

  • stezac commented on 29/05/2007 15:16 Report abuse

    can you open word excell etc on the 8800

  • jimmh commented on 04/05/2007 23:00 Report abuse

    Targetted Launched by Vodafone on May 21st

  • jaznet commented on 28/03/2007 21:28 Report abuse

    my IT department says May...

  • Jack commented on 23/03/2007 12:47 Report abuse

    I can't seem to get un update as to when this device will be launched in Aust. Any ideas?

  • jaznet commented on 16/03/2007 13:09 Report abuse

    yes.l.. but that was last month. No news on Oz release yet?

  • Maverick commented on 07/03/2007 13:41 Report abuse

    Valentin and Annie572, how about reading the article before responding. "The BlackBerry 8800 is expected to be available this month through a variety of carriers worldwide. Pricing has not yet been disclosed." sheeesh

  • Annie572 commented on 23/02/2007 19:46 Report abuse

    Where can I get one and how much?

  • Valentin commented on 16/02/2007 01:35 Report abuse

    Good morning, How, where to buy it,and what's price ? Thank's. Sincerely your's.

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