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Sprint goes GSM with BlackBerry 8830 World Edition

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Business users on the move will definitely be glad about the integrated feature discovered in the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition from Sprint. Different from other CDMA devices, it comes with a SIM card slot, which is said to efficiently allow users to make use of GSM networks throughout the world. What’s this? Sprint allowing you to clutch on to Cingular or T-Mobile? Sorry to say, the case is not so, as the only GSM/GPRS radios detected on the Pearl-esque BlackBerry 8830 World Edition are of the 900/1800 diversity utilized in Asia and Europe. While you come back home in the US, Sprint would like you to make use of their service and their service merely. The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition power-driven by Sprint, outside of the dual-network usability, is also bundled with high-speed EV-DO, integrated GPS potentials, Bluetooth 2.0, a Qualcomm MSM6550 processor, a 1400mAh Lithium-ion battery, QVGA TFT display, 64MB RAM, microSD expansion, media player, QWERTY keyboard, and a 0.55-inch profile. There is no info on price, but the 8830 World Edition is said to be offered via “business sales channels’ near the beginning of July with retail availability. Read

Verizon’s BlackBerry 8830 offers global e-mail access

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Image Credit: ETVV Verizon is appealing international business class customers by offering them BlackBerry to use their phone overseas. Verizon Wireless, Sprint have introduced BlackBerry 8830 e-mail phone, which can be used overseas also. Verizon’s BlackBerry 8830 is similar to AT&T’s BlackBerry 8800, but Verizon’s BlackBerry comes with Verizon Wireless’s network. Verizon Wireless uses Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology with Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. The BlackBerry works on both CDMA and GSM technology, so that users can make phone calls as well as send and receive e-mails in almost every country. The 8830 also supports Verizon Wireless’ high-speed EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) data network and GSM’s slower General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) data service. The BlackBerry 8830 comes with media player, MicroSD card slot with expanded memory, speaker phone and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. Image Credit: BlackBerry Verizon Wireless locks the phones, so that users can not simply remove the SIM card, which allows users to use GSM networks. But it allows users to pay third parties in order to use a SIM card from another operator. Users, who have signed up for Global BlackBerry service, they can use unlimited e-mail in US, Canada and more than 60 countries. The company has already offered two other mobile phones and a PDA, which also operates on both CDMA and GSM networks. The cost of Verizon’s BlackBerry is US$300 after a $100 rebate, with a 24-month contract. Via: USA Today