T-Mobile Launched BlackBerry 8820

T-Mobile today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 8820 featuring built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service for Wi-Fi calling.
The BlackBerry 8820 helps people stay connected by offering Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data, access to location-based applications and services, and a mobile experience for personal and corporate email.

With the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan, customers can enjoy unlimited, nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. When connected through Wi-Fi, access to information continues to include all of the BlackBerry platform's security features. Customers can also enjoy faster Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds.

Using the BlackBerry 8820's built-in GPS and location-based applications, such as BlackBerry Maps, customers can navigate between meetings and locate the closest restaurant or use other advanced services such as TeleNav GPS Navigator to receive audible turn-by-turn directions to reach their next destination.

The quad-band phone also supports international roaming and is enabled for T-Mobile's myFaves service experience for one-click access to five people by instant messaging, emailing, texting or calling from the Home Screen. Key features include:

- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network support for international roaming
- Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) connectivity for expanded coverage and faster Web browsing
- Supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, offering unlimited nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi network
- Built-in GPS, BlackBerry Maps and support for TeleNav GPS Navigator
- T-Mobile myFaves capability, making it easy for customers to stay in touch with quick, one-click access for instant messaging, emailing, calling or texting their Fave 5 from the Home Screen
- BlackBerry Internet Service support allowing access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Gmail
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server support, which tightly integrates with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and Novell GroupWise to provide secure push-based wireless access to email and other data, and features IT policy controls for managing usage and deployments
- Access to popular instant messaging clients: AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk and ICQ
- Tactile full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
- Intuitive user-interface with an easy-to-use trackball
- High-performance HTML browser for visiting Web sites
- A large, ultra-bright 320 x 240 px color display provides vibrant imagery and innovative light-sensing technology automatically optimizes brightness for indoor, outdoor and dark environments
- Advanced media player with search capabilities, stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP), dedicated volume controls and support for numerous audio and video formats including MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+, as well as support for polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ringtones
- Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry (included with BlackBerry Desktop Manager software), which allows users to manage media files, transfer them from their computer to the handset, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags and album art, create playlists and easily convert files for optimal playback
- Numerous phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), noise-cancellation technology to offset background noise, a low-distortion speakerphone for handsfree conversations, Bluetooth support for use with headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals, and intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding
- Expandable memory storage via microSD/SDHC expansion slot
- Dimensions: 4.49" x 2.60" x 0.55"
- Weight: 4.7 oz

As RIM's thinnest BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry 8820 is available in a midnight blue finish.