BlackBerry 8800 is a standout mobile solution for business professionals

Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the sleek, elegant and performance-driven BlackBerry® 8800 - a powerful, feature-rich smartphone that delivers best-in-class technology in a thin and stylish design. At only 14mm deep, the BlackBerry 8800 is the thinnest BlackBerry handset yet. Priced at Rs.31,990/, it is now available from Airtel.

The quad-band and EDGE-enabled BlackBerry 8800 incorporates built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) – a first-of-its-kind for BlackBerry smartphones in India – a full QWERTY keyboard, RIM’s new trackball system for fast and intuitive navigation, a media player, and a microSD expandable memory slot for storing music and videos.

BlackBerry 8800

The BlackBerry 8800 also offers many proven and popular features, including support for phone, email, text and instant messaging, web browser, organiser, multimedia, corporate data applications and more.

"We are very excited to bring the innovative and feature-rich BlackBerry 8800 to India for our high-end customers,” said Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel. “They will get an opportunity to experience a world class product which is elegant, stylish and equipped to deliver a power packed performance. This exceptional device reinforces our commitment to bringing the latest and best communication experience for Airtel’s business customers.”

BlackBerry 8800

"The new BlackBerry 8800 is as stylish as it is powerful," said Norm Lo, Vice President of Asia Pacific at Research In Motion. "The BlackBerry 8800 is the ideal mobile communications tool for India’s dynamic business environment and we are very pleased to introduce this impressive smartphone together with Airtel."

The new BlackBerry 8800 from Airtel also offers:

* An ultra-bright, high resolution (320 x 240) landscape colour display – images appear vivid and crisp

* An innovative light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments

* An incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated 'menu' and 'escape' keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast

* 64MB built-in flash memory, expandable through microSD expansion slot

* An ultra-thin high-capacity battery

* Premium phone features with noise cancellation for enhanced audio performance, Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth® for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals

* Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding

* Support for polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ring tunes

* Multimedia player with stereo headset jack (supports MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video formats)

* High performance HTML browser for visiting favourite web sites while on the go

* Support for popular Instant Messaging (IM) applications such as Yahoo!® Messenger and Google Talk

* Fast performance, operating on Airetl’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network

* BlackBerry® Internet Service support - allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts

* BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support – integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, IBM Lotus® Domino® and Novell® GroupWise® environments and features a new set of IT policy controls for managing the BlackBerry 8800’s features and usage.

For more information, please visit www.bhartiairtel.in or www.blackberry8800.com.

Source: Bharti Airtel Limited