The BlackBerry® 7130e puts top-of-the-line features, such as speakerphone, Bluetooth® technology and polyphonic ring tones, into a sleek and stylish handset.Ev-DO technology* for the BlackBerry 7130e offers a rich wireless experience, with fast email, application and browser speeds. It even lets you connect your laptop or PC to the Internet, using the device as a tethered modem — so you don’t need to carry a wireless PC card.
| Size: | 4.6 x 2.2 x 0.9 inches (LxWxD) |
| Weight: | 4.7 oz./ 120g |
| Display: | Font size (user selectable), Backlighting, Color display |
Sprint together with Nextel has added the BlackBerry 7130e to its latest mobile lineup. The new BlackBerry sports the companies recent change to black and silver as a style to replace the perhaps dated black and blue plain plastic cases that adorned the older familiar Blackberries that we grew to like so much, I know we liked them because we bought them in droves; over four million in service worldwide.In addition to new overalls the 7130e boasts access to Sprint’s (not Nextel really) CDMA powered EV-DO data network; what does that mean? Access to downloads at speeds of over 700Kbps; that’s broadband territory… on a phone… but what’s better than that? Sprint will happily let you use that with your laptop as long as you get their USB connecting cable (no Bluetooth) and that’s rather nice.
The device comes with 64mb of flash memory and 16MB of SRAM. You can store countless emails on the BlackBerry, which is very convenient for IT departments as well as corporate. The 7130e does NOT support TXT or PIX messaging, which to most of your BlackBerry users is not a huge deal. Hands down the BlackBerry 7130e is a GREAT device and I would recommend it to any one that does not have the money for the Pearl The 7130e can do all the standard communication options, including SMS and e-mail, and yes, that includes always-on push e-mail. It also comes equipped with RIM’s proprietary BlackBerry Instant Messenger, which lets you contact other BlackBerry users either from your portable device or your home computer, when linked up to it.
The 7130e, in addition to throwing in the cookie-cutter BlackBerry features, also has some great productivity abilities that really augment what the BlackBerry name is all about. First let’s take a look at some of the standard options. Included are a calendar, to-do-list, and memo pad, which brings up an important point – the text entry. The interface is a little bit different than most phones. It’s a QWERTY keyboard, but there are two letters on each key, so it feels like typing on a regular phone, but without the alphabetical placement of letters. It takes some getting used to, but it works out alright, especially because the predictive text works a lot better when you don’t have three possible letters for each keystroke.
Specifications:
Navigation: SureType (Keyboard), Thumb-operated trackwheel, Keyboard backlighting
User Interface: Intuitive icons and menus
Memory: 64 MB flash memory
Microprocessor: No
Modem: Embedded RIM® wireless modem
Email Integrations:
- Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange
- Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino®
- Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise®
- Integrates with an existing enterprise email account
- Integrates with existing personal email account
- Integrates with optional new device account
Device Security:
- Password protection and keyboard lock
- Support for AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
- FIPS 140-2 Validated (FIPS validation)
- Optional support for S/MIME
Network:
- 800/1900 MHz CDMA2000® 1X networks
- Ev-DO networks
