TORONTO – Bell Mobility and Research In Motion said that the new Blackberry 8830 World Edition will launch this summer and will be the first CDMA device to support international roaming on GSM/GPRS Networks.
CDMA (which is used by Telus and Bell) is a dominant technology here in North America while GSM (which Rogers deployed) is the primary delivery technology in the rest of the world.
The 8830 World Edition smartphone "is the first CDMA Blackberry smartphone to deliver the high-speed mobile connectivity of CDMA in Canada and North America, combined with international voice and data roaming on GSM/GPRS networks outside of North America," says the press release.
With availability from Bell Mobility expected in summer 2007, this full QWERTY handset features a new sleek and thin design (basically the same as the 8800 Rogers launched this month) and delivers the full Blackberry smartphone experience that people have come to love – including wireless e-mail capabilities, full phone features, fast web browsing and support for other mobile data applications – even when roaming on international networks.
