New BlackBerry 8820 supports WiFi, UMA/VOIP
Added on 2007-07-18 08:31:00
by Randall Bennett
 More madness from the crazy Canucks at RIM, as they (expectedly) unveil their first BlackBerry supporting WiFi, the 8820. The GSM phone sounds like a typical 8800 series BlackBerry, what with the full QWERTY keyboard and whatnot, but this BlackBerry is more than just WiFi, it rocks built-in GPS, microSDHC slot (supporting cards up to 32GB), but notably missing from their press release is mention of a camera. We're not sure whether that's on purpose or not, but the thought of using WiFi with UMA kind of makes up for it. Nothing screams "awesome" like using your home WiFi network to make calls, and while AT&T hasn't formally announced their UMA plans, we don't think it'd be too much to speculate they'd be releasing some sort of plans in the coming weeks. RIM says the 8820 will hit AT&T before the summer is out.
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