T-Mobile's new BlackBerry puts emphasis on business

NEW YORK TIMES

T-Mobile is offering the BlackBerry 8820 and giving the phone a new trick. This business-first messaging phone has a full keyboard and a quad-band radio for calling while overseas. But it also includes the T-Mobile Hotspot@Home technology that lets you make calls from anywhere in the world over Wi-Fi networks.

Hotspot@Home, a $10 add-on to a T-Mobile bill, was ostensibly created so subscribers with poor cell reception could make calls over their home Wi-Fi routers. But it also lets business travelers make and receive unlimited calls to numbers in the United States from overseas.

The 8820 includes an e-mail wizard for setting up almost any type of e-mail account, along with BlackBerry Messenger for instant messaging. There is a built-in Web browser and GPS location tracking.