Vodafone GPS BlackBerry Ready In May

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 30 March 2007

Vodafone has announced its version of the new GPS-enabled Blackberry 8800 will be mapping out the country for Australian road warriors by early May. The new smartphone with built-in GPS functionality is the thinnest Blackberry ever, yet still manages to pack in the usual BlackBerry email functionality you would expect, plus multimedia features on top of the mapping and "out-of-the-box" support for a wide variety of location based applications and services. At only 14mm thick, the 8800 has the look of the BlackBerry Pearl with a stylish design, premium finishes and RIM's intuitive trackball system for easy navigation.  An easy-to-use full QWERTY keyboard, large, ultra-bright, high-resolution display with built-in light sensing technology that automatically adjusts for lighting conditions, push email and mobile phone functionality, the BlackBerry 8800 includes a media player (with expandable memory slot for music and videos), TXT messaging, web browser, organiser and more. Through its built-in GPS, the BlackBerry 8800 can also provide Edward Goff, General Manager Business Markets at Vodafone Australia, said the 8800 "brings together the leading functionality from the BlackBerry platform and adds GPS to make it the ultimate pocket-sized map mobile solution for business professionals. It’s one of the most practical smartphones on the market today, perfect for city executives, road warriors, international business travellers or anyone navigating their way to an unfamiliar destination.” Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific at RIM, said: “The BlackBerry 8800 offers both style and performance in a single handset. It is optimised to satisfy the most demanding mobile workforce and it can significantly enhance communications and productivity for both individuals and workgroups.” The BlackBerry 8800 will be available from early May through corporate sales channels and via order through Vodafone stores, priced at *RRP $899.00. Try store.vodafone.com.au Related news items Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 Garmin Does Phone Nav -04/10/2007 Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Seven In Unwired Takeover Bid -26/09/2007 Newer news items Australia's First Free Mobile Navigation Service -13/09/2007 ASUS A686/696 GPS PDA -23/08/2007 GPS Satellite Cooperation -30/07/2007 Nokia Finds A Faster GPS Solution -19/07/2007 Location Services Finding Their Place -04/04/2007 Older news items Nokia Says N95 Now Shipping -22/03/2007 Users Quick To Find TomTom Home -14/03/2007 SME Location Service Stresses Privacy -28/02/2007 TomTom On Your Car Stereo -08/01/2007 TomTom Speeds Up GPS Positioning -20/11/2006 Tag This Now: