Bell Canada today announced the availability of the much-anticipated BlackBerry(R) 8830 World Edition smartphone, offering worldwide roaming, true high-speed Internet
access, and advanced multimedia applications such as GPS navigation.
The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition from Bell is the first BlackBerry
smartphone to take advantage of the world’s two leading wireless network
technologies. It offers the high speed Internet access and premium North
American coverage of CDMA networks in Canada, the United States and Mexico,
and the global reach of GSM/GPRS technology when clients travel around the
world.
“Bell Mobility is proud to be the first to bring the BlackBerry 8830
World Edition to Canada, and to offer the only BlackBerry smartphone with
the ability to operate on both high-speed CDMA voice and data networks in
North America and GSM networks outside of North America,” said Wade
Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility. “The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition
is a sophisticated and powerful multimedia communications device that truly
offers the best of both worlds.”
“BlackBerry smartphones continue to provide an unmatched mobile
experience for people who want a full-featured phone to help them stay
connected and productive in their personal and professional lives,” said
Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion. “The BlackBerry
8830 World Edition is a stellar choice for customers with its international
roaming support, GPS functionality, multimedia features and a thin and
stylish design.”
Operating on the most powerful data network in Canada, the BlackBerry
8830 World Edition offers GPS navigation capabilities, instant messaging,
mobile browsing and other robust multimedia applications:
- GPS Navigation offers turn-by-turn navigation capability with audio
voice and onscreen functionality supported by 2D and 3D maps; using
RIM’s intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, clients
can easily initiate route requests right from the BlackBerry address
book.
- Customer Relationship Management and Sales Force Automation tools allow
clients to record sales leads, manage contacts, obtain product
inventory and pricing details, revise forecasts and recall complete
customer histories in real time.
- Field Force Automation applications let clients manage work orders and
status reports, accurately track equipment and supplies, and enable the
electronic dispatch of mobile field staff to ensure the most cost-
efficient deployment of resources.
- Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness tools allow clients to
manage events that can disrupt business operations and critical data
networks in real time, with the sophisticated communications and
process tools they need when every second counts.
The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition can also easily tether to a laptop
computer to double as a wireless modem operating on the Bell wireless high
speed network. Clients can also subscribe to Smart Connect, a Bell service
that delivers seamless connectivity across multiple wireless networks,
including EVDO, public and private WiFi hotspots, and virtual private
networks.
Offering extensive multimedia capabilities, the BlackBerry 8830 World
Edition also includes a media player for videos, music and photos and
access to the world’s most popular instant messaging network, Windows Live
Messenger, exclusively available from Bell Mobility.
The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition is now available for as little as
$299.95 on a three-year term.
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