The BlackBerry® 8820 smartphone is the stylish way to get things done. With powerful capabilities, yet incredibly compact and slim, it combines a stylish design with a premium finish. Elegant and performance-driven, this is a smartphone you'll always want to show off.

The BlackBerry 8820 is packed with powerful features*, including phone, email, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi support, maps, browser, instant messaging, organizer, media player and more – all in one stylish smartphone.

With its midnight blue frame, silver trim, and smoothed edges, the BlackBerry 8820 is a sleek-looking unit. It’s thin enough to slip into a pants pocket and feels substantial, but not heavy, while holding it to your ear during calls. Still, it’s boxy shape makes it a bit awkward to hold up to your ear. We’re glad to see the scroll wheel become a standard BlackBerry feature. You can scroll four ways and press down to select items. We also like the large and crisp display. And because the BlackBerry automatically adjusts the brightness depending on ambient light, you should have no problems reading the display under any lighting conditions. On the downside, both the casing and the screen are prone to smudges and fingerprints.

The BlackBerry 8820 also comes with a holster that features a proximity sensor to detect when the BlackBerry is in place. It automatically shuts off the screen, and you can set different notification settings for incoming calls, e-mails, and other functions depending on whether the device is in or out of the holster.

The BlackBerry 8820 sports a 2.5-inch screen that displays 65,000 colors at a 320x240 pixel resolution. Text and images are clear and vibrant, and the screen also features light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts the backlighting of the screen, as well as the keyboard and trackball, depending on whether you're indoors or outdoors

It doesn’t have a camera

Battery performance was truly impressive. If you make a lot of phone calls and send and receive e-mails constantly, you should be able to go three or four days before you need to charge the battery. If you’re primarily checking e-mail, you should get about a week’s worth of juice. Also, the BlackBerry 8820 will charge when connected to your computer with the USB cable. So when you’re on the road, you don’t need to pack the charger. We’re happy to report that leaving the Wi-Fi feature activated doesn’t seem to drain the battery life any faster.

Access your music and video files when and where you choose.¹ BlackBerry® 8800 Series smartphones come equipped with a media player, so you can plug in a stereo headset, then kick back with your favorite tunes while you reply to messages. Or download news or sports clips and watch them on its large, bright screen, while you're catching your train in to work.

You can play back music and video in all kinds of popular formats. Expandable memory means you can save your favorites on a microSD card.², ³

Plus, the included Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry® Smartphones makes it incredibly easy to convert and transfer files to your device. Rip CDs and manage your media library – songs, videos, pictures – all in one place.

Don't worry about storage space. A microSD card for your BlackBerry® 8800 Series smartphone means you've got the room you need for your pictures, music and videos.¹, ²

And transferring files between the smartphone and your desktop computer is a snap. Connect up via the USB cable that comes with the smartphone and transfer content directly to or from your microSD card or internal memory. You can also use Bluetooth® technology to move your files.

The addition of Wi-Fi makes the RIM BlackBerry 8820 an even more powerful communication device for business users, taking it beyond just e-mail and phone calls.