Verizon Blackberry 8830 CDMA/GSM world phone
Today, Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion officially announced the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, a dual-mode CDMA/GSM smartphone. Like the Samsung SCH-i830, the 8830 comes with a SIM card, and automatically switches between CDMA and GSM networks offering voice coverage in 157 countries (22 are CDMA) and e-mail coverage in 62 countries. And don’t worry, when on CDMA you will be running ad EVDO speeds.
The 8830 comes in silver, and includes a media player, speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, conference calling, 64MB internal memory, a microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth with tethered or wireless dial-up networking abilities (though Verizon will probably disable it) and BlackBerry push e-mail solution with support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise. The battery life is rated at 3.6 hours talk time and up to 9 days of standby.
The BlackBerry 8830 will be available through Verizon starting May 14 through direct sales channels and in retail stores starting May 28. Pricing starts at $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate, and data plans start at $64.99 for unlimited global e-mail with a U.S. voice plan (beginning at $39.99) and $69.99 for unlimited global e-mail without a voice plan.
Update: Changed “i730” to “i830” as the model of Samsung’s CDMA/GSM phone.
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Your info is wrong about the i730. The i730 is CDMA only. The phone you are refering to is the Samsung i830. Just thought you should know.
Dan
on April 25, 2007 at 10:01 PM - LINKVery slick device, a few of them came into our office today from Verizon, wish they had the trackwheel on the side though, i dont see what it would hurt to leave it there in additional to the ball on the front…
on May 19, 2007 at 02:41 AM - LINKi to see
on May 23, 2007 at 09:38 PM - LINKSimilar question, thinking about switching to Verizon, like the BB for the obvious reasons, but tried the phone in the store and it had “delays” when calling a local plain old telephone system (POTS) land line. The LG8700/LG8600/Motorola RAZR were crystal clear. Not sure if the phone needed a software update or if the unit was there for a reason, but why would you demo an inferior product? Echo Gretchen & Bryan, very interested in how everyones BB 8830 is performing in regards to weak or problematic areas as compared to a standard phone. Being a Navy Sailor I will be faced with constant weak signals aboard ship and need a phone with stellar reception. Love to have the BB, but if it can’t manage to obtain or keep a phone call then it’s a non-starter. Hope this was just a VZW store problem. Thanks in Advance.
on July 24, 2007 at 09:28 PM - LINKWell the 8830 is wondeerful for the fact that it runs on a 3G network, the only BB of its kind to do so mind u. But I like Tmobiles version better based on Color, (Black) Plus were on Edge, GSM network which smokes the verizons Cdma stuff. Great phone! But every carrier has the same version, I would check with them B4 buying it through “Verizon”
on September 29, 2007 at 06:47 PM - LINKi yes Nylon tube
on July 3, 2008 at 11:28 AM - LINK