BlackBerry 8320 bridges the gap between home phone and mobile

[BESadmin]

BlackBerry 8320 bridges the gap between home phone and mobile
30th September 2007

Mobile phones are increasingly taking over as the primary contact number for many people, with home landlines hanging on largely by virtue of cheap local call rates. Aiming to offer the "best of both worlds" in one package, the new BlackBerry Curve 8320 is WiFi enabled, meaning that it can seamlessly switch between mobile calls and unlimited local and long-distance calls in the presence of your home wireless network.

Available in two distinct finishes – titanium and pale gold – the BlackBerry Curve 8320 from T-Mobile features Research In Motion (RIM)’s smallest and lightest full-QWERTY handset design.

The device is packaged with in-built support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service giving users full mobile phone coverage and, with the HotSpot @Home Add-On Plan, can access unlimited calling over a Wi-Fi network as well as unlimited Wi-Fi calling at nearly 8,500 T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. When you leave home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, calls are seamlessly transferred onto T-Mobile’s wireless network, and the same is true for transferring calls from T-Mobile’s network onto Wi-Fi networks. T-Mobile introduced its HotSpot @Home service in June.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 provides standard multimedia capabilities including a two-megapixel camera, a music and video player, a 3.5mm stereo headset jack and a microSD card slot for expandable memory storage. Access to personal and corporate e-mail accounts and Web browsing is via the BlackBerry platform, Wi-Fi connectivity and T-Mobile’s nationwide EDGE network.

[Gregmyers]

After rising landline service costs in Australia my wife and I decided to go fully mobile. We set up two phones. One on a day plan with free 10 minute calls to any number in Australia (including mobiles) and one phone for night with free 20 minute calls to mobile numbers.
This works a treat as we are able to keep our entire monthly phone bill to a total of $66.
Add to that my work BlackBerry on a high rate voice plan and unlimited BlackBerry services we are totally wireless and loving it.
I just have to figure out how to use my BlackBerry as a tethered modem to my laptop and we will be away.
Kindest Regards
Greg