The Blackberry 8700 has two slightly different designs, depending on which model you'll get, the Cingular or the T-mobile. Either way, the 8700 brings you some really cool features.
In terms of product design, the BlackBerry 8700 is a still a wide device, but lighter and thinner than BlackBerry devices of the past. With the handy trackwheel on the right side, and the famous, easy to use, full QWERTY keypad, it provides for great usability while being thinner and lighter. The screen is bigger and brighter than before with a 320 x 240 resolution and LCD display. This screen is easy to look at, no matter what time of day or night, as it senses the light level and balances the display accordingly.
If you owned a Blackberry before, you'll be right at home. The same great user interface is still here. Everything is placed just right, and finding the various features is almost intuitive.
The Blackberry 8700 is a great cell phone. It has a built-in speaker and a speed dial feature - perfect for those pressed in time business calls on the road. You personalize your ringtone, using any MP3 track you like. You can easily tell which ringing phone is yours, no matter where you travel with your Blackberry PDA (and it can travel indeed, with global roaming in hundreds of countries all over the globe).
It's not just voice calls either! You can easily send out emails and SMS messages to anyone on your contact list. The built-in email client allows you to manage up to 10 email accounts, and synched with your desktop computer, everything is easily accessible at all times. You can read your emails on the road – no need to actively retrieve it either, the Blackberry is always online and lets you know when a new email is in. You can even read attachments such as Word and Excel documents on the road using the Blackberry PDA qualities. It's not just emails either. Use your Blackberry to keep in touch with your IM buddies too!
The Blackberry 8700 comes with a built in organizer, including your contact book, task list and calendar. The blue-tooth feature makes sure your desktop applications and your Blackberry are always on the same page! If your company uses the Blackberry Enterprise Server, you can be in synch with company data as well.
This lightweight gadget is easy to carry around, as it weighs only 4.7 ounces and measures 4.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 inches. It comes with a powerful battery that should last you up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 16 days of digital standby time.
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