As expected, Cingular has begun shipping the new Blackberry 8800 to their retail stores. The Boy Genius has gotten his hands on one and has taken a series of unboxing photos.

There has been so much coverage of the Blackberry 8800 that we all know the specs by now, but in case you missed it here's a brief run down.

Specifications:
Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS, EDGE
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.0
BlackBerry Maps
Trackball
Voice activated dialing
Speakerphone
Full QWERTY keypad
320 x 240 screen
Media Player
64 MB Flash
Micro SD
High capacity battery