Best Buy Unlocked Blackberry 8830 Red Verizon Wireless smartphone

BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone is the stylish way to get things done – no matter where in the world you happen to be. It’s the first CDMA BlackBerry smartphone capable of roaming globally on GSM/GPRS networks*. So you can travel the world with full mobile voice and data coverage, without having to change smartphones, phone numbers or email addresses. Dual–band 800/1900 Mhz 1xEV–DO networks.

Up until now, globe-trotting Verizon Wireless customers may have felt a bit stymied by the limited world-roaming capabilities of the CDMA network. Sure, you can use CDMA in other countries but if your itinerary includes Europe, you're out of luck. But with the new RIM BlackBerry 8830 all of that changes as the dual-mode CDMA/GSM smart phone gives you freedom to make calls and receive e-mail around of the world. In addition, it offers EV-DO support, multimedia capabilities, and solid performance.

The RIM BlackBerry 8830 shares the same body style as its GSM-only cousin, the BlackBerry 8800. The wider and taller body makes it a tad awkward to use the 8830 as a phone, but this is typical of full-QWERTY BlackBerrys as well as Pocket PC phones and Treos.The BlackBerry 8830 features a 2.5-inch (diagonal), 65,000-color display with a 320x240 pixel resolution. Below the display you'll find the trackball navigator, the Talk and End keys, and the Menu and Escape buttons. The 8830 also includes a light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts the backlighting of the screen, the keyboard, and the trackball, depending on whether you're indoors or outdoors.

BlackBerry 8830 Smartphone

Blackberry 8830 Features

2G Network     -           GSM 900 / 1800 / CDMA2000 1x EV-DO    

Announced       -           2007, April

Status               -           Available

Card slot          -           microSD

Internal -           64 MB storage, 16 MB RAM

Chipset -           Qualcomm MSM6550

Messaging        -           SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging