BlackBerry 8830 on its way to Telus
It looks like our friends up North will be getting a little bit more BlackBerry 8830 love. Telus announced today that they will be the second Canadian carrier, along with Bell Mobility, for the upcoming BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. Sporting a feature set that matches the specs touted by its CDMA brethren, the Telus BlackBerry 8830 features the usual suspects, including a dual band CDMA radio and GSM/GPRS roaming support for the international travelers among us. There’s no solid release date yet, with the Telus site simply listing the phone as "Coming Soon". Then again at $499 CDN which works out to roughly $450 USD on a 3 year contract, you can bet that a lot of BlackBerry-toting Canucks will have to think long and hard before taking the steep plunge. Well maybe not because if you’re a Telus customer who absolutely must have GSM roaming freedom, this is pretty much your only bet. Heh.
UPDATE: As a couple of our readers have pointed out, Telus is not the exclusive Canadian 8830 carrier. They will be sharing BlackBerry World Edition honors with fellow Canadian CDMA carrier Bell Mobility, who actually got the jump on Telus by announcing the device last week. Thanks, guys!
Mmmm – don’t think so TELUS. Bell Mobility and RIM announced the 8830 back on April 27th.
http://www.rim.com/news/press/2007/pr-25_04_2007-03.shtml
Paul
There was a Press Release from BELL MOBILITY and RIM dated April 26, 2007 announcing the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition.
Go to http://www.rim.com for details.
It is expected to be available in “summer, 2007.”
CarBob
You’re both absolutely right. Post updated. Thanks!