With a few more bells and whistles than other Blackberries, this Blackberry 8700g handheld PDA phone marketed through T-Mobile is a gem. It is similar to others but went through a color change. This 8700g Blackberry PDA phone is a navy blue rather than a grayish color. It’s still under five ounces and has a 2.6 inch screen which makes web pages, text and even photos pop out with clarity not usually found on devices such as these.

The keys on the keyboard are easy to discern but still small. It takes some time to learn how to become nimble on them. The absolute best feature that will likely sell you on this Blackberry 8700g PDA phone is the fact that you can have your Yahoo and AOL mail accounts supported on it! In addition, regular POP3 accounts and Lotus Notes and MS Exchange are givens as well. As with other Blackberries, you can have up to ten email accounts that you can religiously check from your Blackberry 8700g.

Besides being able to read Word and Excel documents, you can also view PDF files, JPEG attachments and now even PowerPoint files. While not cheap, the Blackberry 8700g PDA phone is an affordable model and you will likely need additional software should you wish to alter or edit files that you have downloaded. With this T-Mobile Blackberry 8700g phone, you also have instant messaging capabilities through AIM, Yahoo, ICQ and even Microsoft networks. The only drawback truly of this model is that you cannot use the 8700g Blackberry on your laptop as a modem. However, straight from the phone, the download times for web pages was fast.

This smart phone has plenty of flash memory at 64 MB. While it doesn’t have the multimedia players like MP3 or video, most business users don’t really require them. This 8700g has a loud and clear speakerphone and dropped calls are minimal. It is also Bluetooth capable. When it comes to the Blackberry 8700g PDA battery, expect it to last a while between charges. You can talk straight for about seven hours with the standby time being days long. And this is with the remarkable screens and other features that could potentially drain a battery.

You can find a discount Blackberry 8700g PDA phone through some promotions through T-Mobile but the regular price is still affordable too. And when you buy yours, don’t forget to look into the Blackberry PDA 8700g aluminum cases. You will want to protect your new technological “toy” from harm.