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The editors liked
Great e-mailing phone
PEARL navigation
Great Screen
Stylish
Memory Card Slot (Hot Swappable).
Sleek and sexy design
Integrated GPS
Push-to-talk capabilities
Multimedia features
Bluetooth
QWERTY keyboard
Long talk-time battery life.
The editors didn't like
No Memory Card Bundled
No Camera
Mono-handsfree
Average battery Life.
No 3G or Wi-Fi
Call quality a little muffled
Wide design is awkward to hold
Media player could use some refinements
Instant messaging is limited to the BlackBerry Messenger client.
Sleek, slim; full QWERTY keypad; multimedia, GPS, and push-to-talk extras
Keypad buttons are tiny, cramped; incompatible with Cingular’s 3G service
With the exception of its difficult-to-use keypad, the 8800 is an excellent smartphone with all the messaging features a business user needs, plus a few nice extras. ...
The 8800 is a gorgeous device. RIM has taken the business-style Blackberry, given it a swanky makeover and some multimedia hoops, opened up email access to the masses then put it out through standard retail channels. This makes it a great purchase for sma...
Abstract: BlackBerry 8800 The wide brother to the sexy and successful BlackBerry Pearl sports the same great looks and slim goodness in a wider package that accommodates a full QWERTY keyboard rather than the Pearls share-a-key design. Like the Pearl it has a v...
Excellent calling capabilities; best-in-class battery; slim design; trackball is great for navigation.
Dated interface; lacks 3G connectivity; creaky construction; multimedia could be better.
When thinking about the problems with the BlackBerry 8800, were tempted to paraphrase James Carville by saying: "Its the interface, stupid." The BlackBerry 8800 has a great feature set, including the well-designed trackball, GPS-navigation, an exce...
Boasting a sleek and sexy design, the RIM BlackBerry 8800 offers integrated GPS, push-to-talk capabilities, and multimedia features. The quadband smart phone also has Bluetooth, push e-mail, a full QWERTY keyboard, and long talk-time battery life.
Unfortunately, the BlackBerry 8800 doesnt work on Cingulars 3G network nor does it have integrated Wi-Fi. Call quality was a little muffled, and the phone is quite wide and awkward to hold. The media player could also use some refinements, and instan...
Despite some minor issues, the RIM BlackBerry 8800 offers mobile professionals a well-rounded smart phone with added multimedia functions, GPS, and push-to-talk capabilities. That said, messaging remains its forte.
Abstract: The BlackBerry 8800 smart phone is a departure from previous BlackBerries. It is both more mainstream and more refined. But it also suffers from some missing features that diminish the attractiveness of this otherwise elegant device. After its success...
Abstract: BlackBerry handhelds traditionally help business people get things done, and the new BlackBerry 8800 does this better than ever. The 8800 brings style and media features to a "professional" class BlackBerry, though its missing one key feature that wi...
