BlackBerry 8800

BlackBerry 8800

Frazier Barretto, Apr 16, 2007 1703 hrs IST

If you got the money spool, all work-no play productivity features make you drool, then go grab this Blackberry cool tool!

Great e-mailing phone, PEARL navigation, Great Screen, Stylish, Memory Card Slot (Hot Swappable).

No Memory Card Bundled, No Camera, mono-handsfree, Average battery Life.

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Layout and Design
The BlackBerry makes its presence felt with the glossy black finish and steel sides, it is a beauty to look at. Even though its dimensions are large (114 x 66 x 14 mm), this phone has great appeal. And inspite of the phone weighing 134 grams, it doesn't feel all that heavy for its size. The fact that this phone will be used by a pair of hands to type out mails, etc. makes this size quite pleasing. Light, stylish and with most of the necessary features, it makes for the perfect blend for business executives at all times.


The face of the phone begins with the earpiece on the top center and an LED to its right which blinks red signifying network availability or battery charging. Below the earpiece is the BlackBerry logo which is followed by a delicious 65K TFT with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels wide-screen. The display is great to look at though it lacks a bit of sharpness which you would notice only if you have an eye for detail. Just below the screen is the keypad section which includes menu keys, call keys and the amazing trackball navigation quoted as the 'Pearl'. The alphanumeric keypad is QWERTY based with 35 keys. The keypad keys are almost perfect, not too small and neither too big; all good unless of course you have Godzilla fingers. The keys aren't spaced out but have a nice slide around the edges giving your fingertips an illusion of it being so. Below the keypad towards the right is the mouthpiece of the phone which makes it appear as quite the left hand user phone. Not to worry because when on calls, using this phone with the right hand causes no hindrance in reception on the other end.


Like I mentioned before, both sides of the phone have a steel finish. Along the left top side, there is a headset jack followed closely by a miniUSB port. This port has dual uses as it is a transfer port and a charging port as well. In the center of the same side there is a Voice Command hotkey. Just below it is the wrist strap holder.


On the right side of the phone there is only a volume control button.
The top of the phone has two steel finish buttons and the speaker of the phone which is placed between them. The button on the left side is the power On/Off button while the button on the left is a Mute button. Keeping the Mute button pressed takes the phone into standby mode. The bottom of the phone is free from ports or connectors, making it easy to type with no wires to come in the way. The back of the phone is quite clean with just a silver box in the center under which the memory card slot is placed.



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How to connect it to pc or laptop I m unable to do it with usb cable and bluthooth also pls help

by hitesh, mumbai, on Sep 02, 2008 11:20 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Beware of buying the grey market products be it mobile phones or memory cards or any other electronic products. Although the prices in grey market are attractive but the stuff they sell is duplicate. Yes you have read right, all the grey market electronic stuff is duplicate. The product is made in unauthorized smaller factories in China and exported to India without labels. Then our great Indian seller thugs get the phones labelled and boxes made and sell to innocent people like you and me. Since I have come to know of this racket, I will tell to everyone. Also this grey market stuff goes bad after sometime and we blame the company for a bad product which they never made in the first place. All these companies have ruined their business by transferring their manufacturing technology in China. Chinese people have replicated everything. So if you are getting a memory card or mobile very cheap without bill, God can only help you with your duplicate goods purchase.

by Rockman, Rockville, on May 01, 2007 09:10 AM, Report abuse   Reply

WHAT IS THE PRICE? IS IT AVAILABLE IN GSM MODEL UNLIKE THE CDMA DISASTER?

by Arshi, Bangalore, on Oct 30, 2007 07:01 PM, Report abuse

Can it support Gtalk & skype?

by Raviraj, Pune, on Apr 17, 2007 10:25 AM, Report abuse   Reply

yes, and also msdn!!!!! but it depends upon your sim service.

by Mobile Group, Bangalore, on Apr 17, 2007 01:09 PM, Report abuse

google talk and yahoo messenger is supported by BB HH's it is pre-installed.

by Ashmeet Lamba, New Delhi, on Aug 18, 2007 12:18 PM, Report abuse

what is the price?

by Arshi, Bangalore, on Oct 30, 2007 06:52 PM, Report abuse

Dear Sir/ madam, WE got your address on internent. We are dealers in all gsm mobile phones we are making inquires to find out if your company can provide us with different types and the price list. So now we request you to send us your full address & attachment so that we can select the models. We are looking forward for your positive response. Best regards,

by Ronnie, kampala, on May 17, 2007 04:29 PM, Report abuse   Reply

price is too high, use nokia 9300 with blackberry service ... i.e. better

by sashi, mumbai, on Apr 29, 2007 03:01 PM, Report abuse   Reply

GOOD MOBILE

by RAHUL, BANGALORE, on Apr 28, 2007 09:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

what happened sir ,i had been taken blackberry phone in novmber but airtel services is not contact.i am taken a phone in mumbai it is new piece

by Arif, Hyderabad, on Apr 26, 2007 10:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Somethings wrong... i think the blackberry 8800 comes with a 1400mAh battery & not a 900mAh, please con someone confirm this... i'm planning to sell my BB8700 for this because of the better battery life.

by Gaurav Vadehra, mumbai, on Apr 21, 2007 01:13 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Naahh.. absolute stupid in front of T Mobile Dash aka HTC S620. I got it at 17k and has all the features that this dead peice is missing. Not recommended.

by Anonymous, Pune, on Apr 20, 2007 01:54 PM, Report abuse   Reply

its wonderful and magic

by safwat, Giza, on Apr 20, 2007 12:34 AM, Report abuse   Reply

With so much of features the phone could have at least done with some memory slot, and some entertainment. Just cause its a business phone it dosent mean that entertainment is not required. Infact it actually comes handy on long business trips. Also a standard 3.5 mm head phone jack like the sony style headpiece would have made it complete. But its a good thing they excluded the cam, as cams are not allowed in many facilities.

by Pred8er, Mumbai, on Apr 19, 2007 10:28 PM, Report abuse   Reply

dreaming to get it.,

by syed, bangalore, on Apr 19, 2007 07:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply

it's very slim and sexy mob

by dheeraj, indore, on Apr 19, 2007 04:33 PM, Report abuse   Reply

i need phone

by sanjay sharma, new delhi, on Apr 17, 2007 01:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

ITs OK ,but didnt like the value for money as ,,dopod is also good and many more coming of nokia

by venky, bangalore, on Apr 17, 2007 03:38 PM, Report abuse

this has raised a few eye brows.... but i don't think its worth for all....

by thiagu, ooty, on Apr 17, 2007 12:59 PM, Report abuse   Reply

This is the worst written article i have ever seen about a communication device.

by jackson, jakson sity, on Apr 17, 2007 09:40 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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by rahul, amrvatai, on Apr 16, 2007 09:21 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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