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Gadget of the week: BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone

Posted by Team Boxwish on 20 November 2008 at 11.29AM

Some folks expressed surprise when it was PR guru Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) whipping out the iPhone in Sex and the City. Why? Not because the maneater is averse to exciting new technology (she’s very loyal to her Sharper Image back massager cum vibrator), but because they expected chum Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) to be first in line for the Apple gadget. After all, the redheaded yummy mummy leads the way with her new Palm Pilot in season two of the TV show, but while Samantha clearly enjoys the glamorous attractions of the iPhone, a BlackBerry better reflects the professional approach of the New York legal eagle and we’ve spotted the model she opts for – the 8700 Smartphone.

As a busy working mother, Miranda needs to keep up-to-date with developments at home and at the office when out and about, making the BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone a natural choice. It allows her to access her emails (up to 10 email accounts in one inbox) and browse the web. With its powerful Intel Xscale processor and EDGE technology it is efficient and speedy, promising fast web browsing – a feature that often earns it rave reviews from users. And with its 64 MB of memory you can view and download large attachments in a number of file formats such as Word and Excel and applications run as easily as on your home PC.

Being a BlackBerry it has a full QWERTY keyboard making typing easy, matched by the 2.5-inch-diagonal display complete with 320×240-pixel resolution in 65,000 colours. New BlackBerry developments include the Talk and End keys which improve the phone, while busy folk like Miranda will appreciate the organiser. Described glowingly by one web reviewer “as a winning package of performance, productivity, and design,” add the BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone to your Christmas list.

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