A tremendously effective messaging phone, the 8800 adds a trackball and music player to the traditional Blackberry form factor. But the lack of 3G high-speed wireless will be an issue for Web surfers and laptop modem users.
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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.
Read the full review →The email is the only thing that is even remotely good about it. And even then, I hate that it forces you to either copy the entire message into a reply or have nothing at all. Forget infix quoting. And I'm not really sure if it works as well when you don't have a Blackberry Enterprise...
Read the full review →I use this as my business phone and have loved it for the past 2 years. It does everything I want it to do. It doesn't have WiFi, but with TetherBerry (now Tether), I can use the 3g on this phone to hook up my laptop for an internet connection anytime I want, saving me on those outrageous...
Read the full review →The Blackberry 8800 series are most definitely a business tool. The phone is labeled the World Edition and it works great abroad. You get fast response from the Blackberry OS, good voice call quality, and has capability to install many apps. The battery life on this devices seems to go forever...
Read the full review →Normally I wouldn't bother reviewing a product like this. It's been well over 2 years since it launched in the US, and Blackberry has long since dropped it as their flagship phone in favor of newer, more feature rich, models. Unfortunately though, since Blackberry has yet to...
Read the full review →I was received this phone as a gift from my brother when he upgraded to to the curve. I was disappointed by the lack of phone, and still am at times but I have gotten past that. I mainly just use this for making/recieving phone calls, texting, listening to music while waiting for class to...
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