RIM BlackBerry 8800 Reviewed
by Sze | Filed under Mobile Phone, Smartphone
While RIM just officially announced the BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone, LaptopMag is fast enough to have reivewed the new Blackberry.
The BlackBerry 8800 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled phone with built-in WiFi and GPS receiver, a large 320 x 240 LCD display, Bluetooth 2.0, a QWERTY keyboard, 64MB Flash memory and a microSD card slot.
Overall, the BlackBerry 8800 is an excellent smart phone and a surprisingly good navigator. At $299, it’s priced between the sleeker, more multimedia-friendly Samsung Sync ($199) and the more powerful Cingular 8525 ($399), which offers both HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity. Whether it’s $150 better than Cingular’s BlackBerry Pearl depends on how much of a premium you place on having a full-sized keyboard, up to five hours of talk time, and GPS capability. We think it’s worth it.
PROS
- Bigger display than Pearl
- Excellent GPS system
- Long battery life
- Good data performance
- Built-in media player
CONS
- Keyboard a bit cramped
- No camera
- No stereo Bluetooth support
Tags: 8800, blackberry-8800, Mobile Phone, RIM, rim-8800, RIM-BlackBerry, RIM-BlackBerry-8800, Smartphone
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