Blackberry 8820 with WiFi is Coming to AT&T
AT&T Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced that the first cellular and Wi-Fi BlackBerry handset — the BlackBerry 8820 — will be available beginning Sept. 20 through the nation’s largest wireless provider.
The BlackBerry 8820 adds Wi-Fi a,b and g and built-in (GPS) — with support for such solutions as TeleNav GPS Navigator(TM) and TeleNav Track(TM) — AT&T’s Push-to-Talk service, Bluetooth(R) 2.0, built-in media player and a microSD expandable memory slot for music, photo and video storage.
In addition, the BlackBerry 8820 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, an intuitive trackball navigation system and a large, bright landscape (320 x 240) display. Customers have a vivid and easy-to-use interface for the many popular capabilities of the BlackBerry solution, including mobile access to corporate and personal e-mail, text messages, Web browsing, an organizer, multimedia and corporate data applications.
The pricing will be $299.99 — with a two-year contract and rebate
Customers who want personal e-mail access and Web browsing with BlackBerry(R) Internet Service can choose the BlackBerry Personal Unlimited plan for $30 a month with a qualified voice contract.
Unlimited corporate e-mail access via BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server is $44.99/month when a qualified voice plan also is chosen. Customers who travel overseas can select an unlimited international e-mail access plan for $64.99 a month. Unlimited Push to Talk service is available for an additional monthly charge of $9.99 for each handset and $19.99 for Push to Talk Family. AT&T Push to Talk also features a pay-per-use option of 15 cents a minute. XM Satellite Radio and MusicID, which are features within AT&T Mobile Music, require monthly subscription fees of $8.99 and $3.99, respectively. TeleNav GPS Navigator is available for additional monthly charges of $5.99 for 10 trips and $9.99 for unlimited trips. TeleNav Track service plans are $12.99 to $21.99 for each device.
If you’re looking to strike a balance between your work and personal life, here is the phone for you
Blackberry 8820 is more of a business phone, I mean companies where phone is not allowed, this is a classy phone for them. Interestingly it offers wifi connectivity as an alternative to mobile calling. Well it might be a little dissatisfaction for people who cannt live without cameras and video. The qwerty keyboard offers me a fast and easy way of typing, And as compared with its predeccssors the keys of keyboard is quite spacious. All in all I thoroughly find my way using Black berry it.