T-Mobile USA Announced BlackBerry 8820 Smartphone

T-Mobile USA has announced the the BlackBerry 8820. It features built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home service for Wi-Fi calling. With the help of T-Mobile HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan the customers can feel the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide.

The BlackBerry 8820 phone also supports the international roaming and is enabled for T-Mobile’s popular myFaves service experience for quick, one-click access to five people by instant messaging, e-mailing, texting or calling from the Home Screen.

Key features of the BlackBerry 8820:

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network support for international roaming
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) connectivity
• Supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home
• Built-in GPS, BlackBerry Maps and support for TeleNav GPS Navigator
• T-Mobile myFaves capability
• Easy access to popular instant messaging clients: AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk and ICQ
• full QWERTY keyboard
• Trackball
• HTML browser
• 320×240 color display with light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes brightness for indoor, outdoor and dark environments
• stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP)
• Expandable memory storage via microSD/SDHC expansion slot
• Dimensions: 4.49" x 2.60" x 0.55"
• Weight: 4.7 oz