BlackBerry 8700g

• Overview
• Features Available
• Getting Started
• Specifications

Overview

Need to stay connected while you’re on the go? Get the BlackBerry® 8700g smartphone. Email, phone, web browser and text messaging keep you in touch — virtually wherever you are. And the thin, lightweight design — with a full QWERTY keyboard — lets you do it all in style.

Features Available

• Wireless email
• Organizer
• Browser
• Phone
• Corporate data access*
• SMS
• MMS*
• Powered by a powerful processor and 64 MB of memory, the BlackBerry® 8700g smartphone lets you view attachments and graphics, browse the web and run applications effortlessly
• Access up to 10 supported business and/or personal email accounts — in one inbox
• View popular file formats (i.e. Word, Excel, Acrobat)
• Use the QWERTY keyboard to find letters and numbers as you would on your computer
• Large, dedicated Send, End and Mute keys, plus Convenience keys that let you choose the function
• Go hands-free and make conference calls easy — the built-in speakerphone delivers excellent sound quality
• Big, bright high-resolution screen optimizes lighting levels for ideal viewing indoors or out
• Combine text and images in one message with Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)*
• Assign specific polyphonic and MP3 ringtones to specific contacts
• Make safer calls on the road with the Bluetooth® hands-free headset and car kit
• Roam internationally throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific with Quad-Band network support on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM™/GPRS and EDGE networks*

Enterprise friendly

The BlackBerry 8700g is the perfect complement to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution. Fast performance and outstanding ergonomic features let you take full advantage of enterprise applications — such as sales force automation, field service automation, network and systems management and more — that are wirelessly enabled by the BlackBerry® platform.

Getting Started

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Setting up your smartphone

Whether you’re using BlackBerry® Enterprise Server or BlackBerry® Internet Service, setting up your BlackBerry® smartphone is simple and can be done completely over-the-air.

Not sure whether to set up your smartphone for BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service? Follow these guidelines:

BlackBerry Internet Service

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

• You purchased your smartphone in a store
• You want to set up a new email account for use with your smartphone
• You want to send and receive email messages on your smartphone from one or more existing email accounts

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

• You want to receive messages from your corporate Microsoft® Outlook®, IBM® Lotus® Notes® or Novell® GroupWise® email account
• A system administrator is managing BlackBerry Enterprise Server within your company
• A system administrator has confirmed that you are permitted to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• You subscribe to a wireless service that supports account setup using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

For instructions on setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service, please see a Blue Shirt Advisor!

Before setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you will need to contact your IT department to request:

• That an account be set up for you on your organization’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Your enterprise activation password

Specifications

*Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry software. Support for Triple DES encryption is available for BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino only.