The BlackBerry 5810® Wireless Handheld offers phone, email, SMS, browser and organizer applications in a single wireless device. It also features a Java™ development platform.
| Size: | 4.6 x 3.1 x 0.7 inches / 11.7 x 7.85 x 1.8cm (LxWxD) |
| Weight: | 4.7 oz/133g |
| Display: | High resolution full-color display supporting over 65,000 colors |
The RIM BlackBerry 5810 ($500 street plus $20 activation fee and monthly service fee) promised to combine into one handy device a lot of the features mobile business pros need—a personal organizer, corporate and personal e-mail access, GSM/GPRS wireless phone service, short-message sending and receiving (SMS) capability, WAP browsing, and support for custom enterprise apps—into one handy device.
It sports the usual palm-sized PDA form factor with a monochrome screen and the company’s famous thumb keyboard. The only cosmetic addition is a 2.5mm jack on top of the unit for plugging in the included earbud-style headset.The 5810 uses the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) operating system, and its enterprise e-mail system is unchanged from prior RIM BlackBerry Enterprise messenger models. This platform’s key feature is the always-on push e-mail that works through desktop PC redirection or via the BlackBerry Enterprise Server that integrates with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino servers.
While the 5810 looks similar to the 957, the technical guts are quite different. The 5810 uses the GSM 1900/GPRS networks for voice services and always-on e-mail access, respectively. Its predecessors use the Mobitex paging network, which doesn’t support voice. We should note that RIM already offers a similar model in Europe, the 5820, that works with the GSM 800/900 and GPRS networks found abroad. In the future, users will be able to take the SIM card from the 5810 and use it in a 5820 when traveling out of the country. The benefit is that you’ll still be able to retrieve e-mail and keep the same phone number.
Specifications:
Navigation: Thumb-operated trackwheel and ESC key
User Interface: Intuitive icons and menus
Memory: 8 MB flash memory
Microprocessor: No
Modem: Embedded RIM® wireless modem
Email Account Compatibility: Integrates with an existing enterprise email account or up to 10 personal/business email accounts
Includes BlackBerry Desktop Software: Supported by version 3.2 or higher
Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server:
Supported by:
- Version 2.1 or higher for Microsoft® Exchange
- Version 2.0 with Service Pack 2 or higher for IBM® Lotus® Domino®
Network: 1900MHz GSM/GPRS network
