April 19th, 2007
T-Mobile BlackBerry 8800 announced: and we have the specs
T-Mobile USA and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion have just announced the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8800. The device is already available on Cingular for $299.99, but will be available via the T-Mobile site beginning Monday.
Compliant with T-Mobile's EDGE broadband wireless network, the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8800 offers the following specs and features:
- Display- 320 x 240 color;
- Dimensions: 4.49 x 2.60 x 0.55 inches and 4.73 oz;
- Expandable memory via microSD expansion slot;
- Instant messaging clients: AOL, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ;
- Multimedia player with music and audio capabilities;
- High performance HTML browser;
- QWERTY keyboard;
- Trackball;
- Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD);
- Dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, speakerphone, and Bluetooth support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals-
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS (800/900/1800/1900) and EDGE network support for international roaming;
- Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones;
- BlackBerry Internet Service - allows access to up to 10 personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts;
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server support - integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise environments;
- A new set of IT policy controls for managing the handset's features and usage.
- Call Management Features- smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding.
Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
