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Fuzzy Logic Wi-Fi and GSM BlackBerry arrives!
Fuzzy Logic Wi-Fi and GSM BlackBerry arrives! | Wi-Fi and GSM BlackBerry arrives! |
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| Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 19 July 2007 | |
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That new feature is Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, letting users connect to high speed Wi-Fi Internet services in their homes, offices or when out and about, in addition to connecting via standard GSM/GPRS/EDGE cell phone networks. Wi-Fi can also be used to make and receive phone calls, and if your wireless carrier supports UMA, you can seamlessly switch voice calls between the GSM phone towers and Wi-Fi networks that your phone can connect to. Naturally, BlackBerry are quick to remind us that all the other BlackBerry features are there, including email, instant messaging, web browsing, PDA functions like the built-in organizer, GPS for mapping and other mobile data apps. In addition, the BlackBerry 8820’s Wi-Fi supports WEP, WPA and WPA2 security systems, as well as ‘Cisco Compatible Extensions’ and IPSec-based software for VPN access. Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM said that: "The BlackBerry 8820 is an extraordinary business phone for people who really care about mobile communications and productivity. It features all the renowned power and usability of the BlackBerry platform with executive class styling and unprecedented connectivity features, including cellular, Wi-Fi and built-in GPS. The BlackBerry 8820 complements our carrier partners' cellular networks with the added ability to stay connected via Wi-Fi at home, through hotspots and corporate campuses." The 8820 is the thinnest BlackBerry yet, sports a QWERTY thumboard with separate keys for each letter, has a 320x240 display, the ‘pearl’ trackball navigation system, GPS, an enhanced media player, and interestingly, support for the Micro SDHC standard. This standard allows digital devices to use Micro SD cards in sizes larger than 2GB. Micro SDHC (with HC standing for high capacity) cards start at 4GB, with 8GB cards due later in 2007, although the maximum size for Micro SDHC cards will be 32GB before they’ll need to invent an even smaller standard that can squeeze on ever more data. So, Wi-Fi finally comes to BlackBerry, making it ever more likely that businesses will use their secured wireless networks as a voice network for BlackBerry users when in the office to further cut communications costs. Wi-Fi is still only a feature of mostly high-end models, but with companies like BlackBerry jumping on board the Wi-Fi bandwagon, along with Nokia and others, wireless networks truly become so much more than cable replacements and instead an ever more wirelessly integral and integrated part of life!
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