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Email And Cell Phone In One From RIM

Posted by timothy on from the everything-that-rises dept.

ericmc42 writes: "Research in Motion anounced a new Blackberry this morning, and it has a GSM cell phone in it! It looks great! Email, PIM, Phone all in one. The best part about it is that the email still uses the same packet switched network that all other Blackberrys use. This means the email connection is 'always on' and the battery life should be good. Also interesting is that it runs Java 2 as its operating system."

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  1. The question... by Penguinoflight · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you write an email, and call someone at the same time? That way you'll see blonds driving down the road, talking on their phone, writing an email, and brushing their hair at the same time.

    It is advisible to stay off the road until all of them wreck and the device is outlawed.

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  2. Re:ballpark price? by daniel_isaacs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone know the ballpark price for these? I am not going to call an AT&T rep to ask. Is it $200? (probably not) $700? It isn't the most elegant looking device, but for the right price, I would get one.

    Try reading the linkage. $399 w/ service activation (Cingular or VoiceStream) or $549 without new service activation. This is likely to be a bit les for volume.

    Talk to your IT Manager and see if you can talk him/her into beta testing the devices before they start popping up in VP's hands. That's how I got my Blackberry ;)

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    - Dan I.