BlackBerry 8800 + WiFi = 8820?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Feb 16th 2007 at 5:24AM

Ahh, so that's what the WiFi indicator on the 8800's press shot was all about, eh? We've been hearing rumblings of a WiFi-enabled version of the BlackBerry 8800 for months before the darned thing's official release, and Pinstack's fanning the flames with a new comparison chart allegedly pitting the venerable 8700 against an "8820" that sports WiFi. Not much is known about the device at this point, but given the relatively modest bump in model number, we'd expect changes to be minor beyond the addition of the WAN radio. Pinstack's liking the chances of the 8820 launching by mid-year -- and given the 8800's lack of WCDMA, we think it couldn't possibly get out the door soon enough.

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 802.11, 802.11b, 802.11g, 8800, 8820, blackberry, rim, wifi

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Gero @ Feb 17th 2007 5:04AM

Why no 3G or HSDPA!?

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Mike @ Feb 17th 2007 7:07PM

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/02/16/fcc-fridays-3gsm-edition/

Theres list of BB 8800 as in 3g

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Al Adame @ Mar 7th 2007 11:12PM

With the comparison to the 8700 does this mean it will have the design of the 8700 or the 8800?
Is the comparison just for hardware? Is it anyones guess?

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