BlackBerry 8800
Release year: 2007
Launch price: 450 € April 2007
Elegant and powerful, the BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone is designed to enable you to carry out your activities in the best possible way and from any location. It provides phone, email, organizer, Web browsing and instant messaging. In addition, it features an extra functionality: GPS for advanced access to location-based applications and services, including the preloaded BlackBerry® Maps application. A multimedia player for video clips and music. Expandable memory to have all the space needed for multimedia files. And a high-capacity battery to make the most of all the functionalities. Elegant and high-performing, it is the tool to carry out your activities in style.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 114 x 66 x 14 mm |
| Weight with battery | About 134 grams |
| Battery | Lithium 1400 mAhr |
| Standby time | Up to 22 days |
| Talk time | 5 hours |
In the box: Battery, charger, USB cable for charging and PC synchronization
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Chat |  |
Messaging notes: Integration with existing corporate email account or up to 10 corporate/personal email accounts.
Design and display
| Display | High-resolution screen with light detection that allows automatic adjustment of brightness levels for optimal viewing both outdoors and indoors. QWERTY keyboard |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 65K |
| Display size | 320 x 240 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Memory | 64 MB expandable via a microSD card |
Feature notes: The integrated modem functionality allows you to use the smartphone as a wireless modem for a laptop or desktop computer. Bluetooth® function for hands-free communication via headset and car kit. Ready for stereo headset. Integrated attachment viewing. Dedicated Send, End and call disable keys, a TrackBall navigation system, as well as customizable quick-launch keys. Multimedia player for audio and video playback in various formats. Integrated address book, calendar, reminders, and task list. Instant Messaging. Polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ringtones, tone mode, vibration, on-screen alert or LED indicator.
Connectivity
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
Price history
450 € → 339 € (-25%) · minimum 199 €, maximum 450 € · 39 readings, Apr 2007 – Jun 2010