Rogers Wireless and Research In Motion today announced a major leap forward in wireless innovation - the BlackBerry 8700r Wireless Handheld will be available in Canada beginning November 29th. The BlackBerry 8700r has just a different color scheme than the recent 8700c for Cingular.

The BlackBerry 8700r is ideal for customers who want a lightweight, all-in-one device with best-in-class performance for email, phone, Web browsing and corporate data applications.  Customers will experience:

• Noticeably faster Web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing,
  An exceptionally bright, high-resolution landscape QVGA (320 x 240) LCD screen that supports more than 65,000 colours and utilizes active matrix transmissive technology to deliver vivid graphics,
• Intelligent auto-sensing technology to automatically adjust the LCD and keyboard lighting to provide an optimized view in outdoor, indoor and dark environments,
• The ability to store and run more enterprise, personal productivity and game applications with a powerful Intel® processor, as well as 64 MB flash memory and 16 MB SRAM,
• Complete, high-end phone features with dedicated “send,” “end” and “mute” phone keys as well as intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial and call forwarding,
• Bluetooth® support and built-in speakerphone for hands-free operation,
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support for connectivity across Canada as well as seamless international roaming in over 170 countries,
• The optimized and smoothly integrated functionality that BlackBerry users have come to expect with support for email, phone, Web browsing, text messaging, organizer and corporate data applications,
• An easy-to-use, full QWERTY keyboard in a sleek, stylish and lightweight device.
  The introduction of the BlackBerry 8700r is another leading example of Rogers

For individuals and smaller businesses, Rogers offers BlackBerry Internet Service which allows customers to access up to ten supported email accounts from a single device.

The BlackBerry 8700r will cost C $499.99 with a 3-year service agreement from Rogers Wireless and will be available for purchase across Canada.