Cingular Wireless and Research In Motion today introduced the BlackBerry 8700c, the first BlackBerry device to support high-speed EDGE network technology. The new, sleek BlackBerry 8700c features a completely re-engineered device platform that is optimized for breakthrough performance and usability. It will be available in the U.S. exclusively from Cingular Wireless beginning November 21.
The EDGE-enabled BlackBerry 8700c is an eagerly anticipated addition to Cingular's popular BlackBerry portfolio that provides users with best-in-class performance for email, phone, browsing and corporate data applications in a lightweight, all-in-one device. With the dramatically enhanced device platform and integrated EDGE capabilities, BlackBerry 8700c users will experience noticeably faster Web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing; the ability to store and run more powerful enterprise, and personal productivity applications; as well as comprehensive, smoothly integrated phone features in a light and compact design.
The BlackBerry 8700c operates on Cingular's EDGE network -- the largest and fastest national wireless data network in the U.S. with availability in 13,000 cities and towns and along nearly 40,000 miles of major highways. Customers can use the quad-band BlackBerry 8700c with Cingular service in more than 170 countries for voice and over 90 countries for data. With the BlackBerry 8700c from Cingular, customers will have the choice of using two browsers: the BlackBerry Browser™ for HTML Internet browsing and a browser optimized for Cingular's popular MEdia(sm) Net wireless Internet access service.
"The BlackBerry 8700c represents another innovative development in the close collaboration and long-standing relationship that Cingular has had with RIM while becoming the leading BlackBerry provider," said Kent Mathy, President of Cingular's business-to-business organization, the Business Markets Group. "For over a decade, Cingular and RIM have worked together to provide companies with a point-of-entry into the world of wireless data. Now these customers want to do even more wirelessly and the EDGE-enabled BlackBerry 8700c from Cingular Wireless is the perfect tool to deliver an outstanding data and voice experience, while extending even more critical business processes into mobile environments."
"The new BlackBerry 8700c provides the ultimate balance of performance, design and function. When you combine our newly optimized BlackBerry platform with Intel's powerful processor and Cingular's high-speed EDGE network, you get impressive results," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "Early customer reactions confirm our confidence in this product. The handset looks and feels great. The phone is excellent. The screen is striking. The performance is exceptional. Put simply - the BlackBerry 8700c is another winner from RIM and Cingular."
The EDGE-enabled BlackBerry 8700c is an eagerly anticipated addition to Cingular's popular BlackBerry portfolio that provides users with best-in-class performance for email, phone, browsing and corporate data applications in a lightweight, all-in-one device. With the dramatically enhanced device platform and integrated EDGE capabilities, BlackBerry 8700c users will experience noticeably faster Web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing; the ability to store and run more powerful enterprise, and personal productivity applications; as well as comprehensive, smoothly integrated phone features in a light and compact design.
The BlackBerry 8700c operates on Cingular's EDGE network -- the largest and fastest national wireless data network in the U.S. with availability in 13,000 cities and towns and along nearly 40,000 miles of major highways. Customers can use the quad-band BlackBerry 8700c with Cingular service in more than 170 countries for voice and over 90 countries for data. With the BlackBerry 8700c from Cingular, customers will have the choice of using two browsers: the BlackBerry Browser™ for HTML Internet browsing and a browser optimized for Cingular's popular MEdia(sm) Net wireless Internet access service.
"The BlackBerry 8700c represents another innovative development in the close collaboration and long-standing relationship that Cingular has had with RIM while becoming the leading BlackBerry provider," said Kent Mathy, President of Cingular's business-to-business organization, the Business Markets Group. "For over a decade, Cingular and RIM have worked together to provide companies with a point-of-entry into the world of wireless data. Now these customers want to do even more wirelessly and the EDGE-enabled BlackBerry 8700c from Cingular Wireless is the perfect tool to deliver an outstanding data and voice experience, while extending even more critical business processes into mobile environments."
"The new BlackBerry 8700c provides the ultimate balance of performance, design and function. When you combine our newly optimized BlackBerry platform with Intel's powerful processor and Cingular's high-speed EDGE network, you get impressive results," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "Early customer reactions confirm our confidence in this product. The handset looks and feels great. The phone is excellent. The screen is striking. The performance is exceptional. Put simply - the BlackBerry 8700c is another winner from RIM and Cingular."
