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BlackBerry 8800 goes pink

by Kent German
RIM BlackBerry 8800

RIM BlackBerry 8800

(Credit: T-Mobile)

No, it's not coming in a pink color, but the RIM BlackBerry 8800 will arrive at T-Mobile starting this Monday, April 21. The device will offer much of the same features as its counterpart with Cingular/AT&T. As a refresher: the device offers a 2.5-inch display, full QWERTY keyboard, and the tactile trackball that first appeared on the BlackBerry Pearl. Inside you'll find the usual BlackBerry Internet and Enterprise goodies, voice recognition, an expandable memory slot, a multimedia player, EDGE compatibility and quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) world phone support. There's no support for push-to-talk networks but that's not an issue since T-Mobile doesn't offer the feature anyway. You can get the 8800 for $249 with service.

Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent.
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From Treo to BlackBerry
by jimigreeko April 21, 2007 1:24 PM PDT
Trying to get an insight on this BlackBerry. Been a Palm user for some time now.
Currently using Treo 680, nice but I know there has to be a faster & better way
to get my emails.

JG
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BlackBerry is pretty good with email speed....
by mvdyk03 April 23, 2007 11:39 AM PDT
I have this device on Cingular. Works great (except for the "little" outage a couple weeks ago). My office runs on BES, and email is so quick, oftentimes the BlackBerry alerts to new email before it shows up in Outlook.

Great device.
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