BlackBerry 8800 Officially Announced

Today, Research in Motion officially announced the long-awaited BlackBerry 8800 smartphone at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona. This newest model is RIM's slimmest BlackBerry yet, and is fully-featured with built-in GPS, a full QWERTY keyboard, trackball navigation, microSD card slot, and a number of multimedia features.

The BlackBerry 8800 also features smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, call fowarding, and Speacker Independent Voice Recognition for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD). The phone also has Bluetooth 2.0, which can be used with wireless headsets and other Bluetooth accessories, and a high-quality speakerphone. The phone features a high resolution 320x240 landscape display with built-in light sensing technology that automatically adjusts the screen, keyboard, and trackball brightness for optimized visibility.

Media features of the BlackBerry 8800 include a media player and stereo headset jack. With the use of the microSD card, users can store their favorite music and videos on the phone. As well, the 8800 also works with BlackBerry Internet Service, which allows you to manage up to 10 personal and corporate email accounts and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

The phone comes packaged with a headset, travel charger and USB cable. Additional accessories can be purchased at the BlackBerry online store, at www.shopblackberry.com. The Rim BlackBerry 8800 will be available worldwide beginning in February 2007 with a number of different carriers. More information about the phone can be found at the BlackBerry 8800's dedicated site, www.blackberry8800.com