Customers needing a flexible, cost-effective option to stay connected in the U.S. and abroad need look no further than the BlackBerry® 8830 World Edition™ powered by Sprint coming to Sprint in July. This powerful device will be the first BlackBerry from Sprint that gives customers the ability to roam with international voice and data capabilities.

The BlackBerry 8830 offers a sleek form factor with robust features – most notably unlocked SIM capabilities for voice services. With this device, individual customers and businesses with employees who frequently travel abroad can sign up for competitive international service plans from Sprint or take advantage of service from local providers in other countries. The BlackBerry 8830 is another way Sprint is giving customers the power to choose the communications option that best fits their individual needs

Other Key Features of this device include:

• A thinner design – only .55” thick
• Trackball navigation
• MicroSD slot
• GPS support (assisted, autonomous and simultaneous)
• Full QWERTY keypad
• Speakerphone
• Bluetooth (version 2.0)
• Media Player for music, video and photos
  

Availability

Sprint will begin offering this device online at www.sprint.com and in business sales channels beginning in early July. Sprint retail stores will begin selling the handset later that month.

Beginning tomorrow, customers can register to be among the first to purchase the BlackBerry 8830 from Sprint at www.sprint.com/8830