Verizon Officially Announces Blackberry 8830
- April 25th, 2007
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Been drooling over the Blackberry 8800 lately? Have no fear, kind Verizon user, as you’ll soon be getting your paws on the 8830 very, very soon. Verizon has officially announced that RIM’s Blackberry 8830 will become available to business users and on it’s website May 14th. Two weeks later on the 28th, it drops nationwide into the retail market.
So what makes the 8830 so special? Well, if you consider the CDMA and EV-DO capabilities it’ll feature, with GSM built-in for world travel, I’d say that’s a pretty nice package. Plus most of the features from the 8800 are there: QVGA screen, microSD slot, and an updated Blackberry OS. Those of you looking to score will have to plunk down $299.99 with a 2-year contract. And that’s after a $100 rebate. Yikes.
RIM BlackBerry 8830 to Debut on Verizon Wireless May 14 [Gizmodo via BGR]
Johnal (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Anyone wanna suggest a good site to do comparisons for smart phones? I’m torn between the Blackberry 8800 and Cingular’s 8525. Now there’s an 8830…*sigh* I currently use CIngular but my contract ends with them in a couple months. I’m leaning more towards the 8525, but i figure someone around here can point me to a great site where comparisons can be made simple.
ilya (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Johnal, try phonescoop.com. But really it all comes down to preference. The 8525 is a cool phone but windows mobile software is pretty buggy. I don’t know much about Blackberries but I’m pretty sure that for email you have to have a Blackberry server at work, and have to pay/use the main BB servers. But with WinMo5 you have more options as far as software goes. They are both good phones but it comes down to what you want to use it for. Id say go with the 8525 because you have a wider variety of software and productivity tools which can come in handy in a corporate environment. excel, word, powerpoint, etc. etc.
Moshe Maeir (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Want to know how to save 98% on your calls from the new Blackberry? See my comments on this announcement at http://flatplanetphone.com/wordpress/?p=158
Johnal (Who am I?)
1 year ago
ilya,
Thanks for your suggestions! I think I am gonna go ahead and take the plunge for the 8525. I’ve never been the type to have the latest and greatest phones because of how fast they come out with new ones…but I might take up a new hobby. :P
Mike VC (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Ordered mine Monday, got it today… GPS is in fact enabled. More details on my blog. :-)