Sprint supports new BlackBerry devices

Sprint and Research in Motion today announced the BlackBerry 7130e from Sprint, which works on Sprint's Power Vision Network (CDMA EV-DO, provides an average of 400Kbps to 700Kbps, with up to 2Mbps bursts). The $199.99 device (after discounts and promotions) is now available at Sprint Stores, business sales channels and online.
The 7130e includes Bluetooth wireless, a speaker phone, SureType keyboard technology (combines a phone keypad with QWERTY-style keyboard) and can also be used as a dial-up modem to provide EV-DO access to a notebook PC. The 7130e also has dedicated 'send' and 'end' keys, 64MB of flash memory and 16MB of SRAM, Sprint says.

Sprint also says the BlackBerry 7250 device (launched in 2005) will now support the EV-DO network. Customers who bought the 7250 from Sprint prior to May 1, 2006, will be eligible for a software upgrade to the EV-DO network later this year, Sprint says.

The company also says it is selling the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, a lightweight, wearable card reader that enables access to a BlackBerry device enabled with Bluetooth. The two-factor authentication device supports several smart cards and will operate with BlackBerry devices on Sprint's PCS Netwok (CDMA) and Nextel's National Network (iDEN).

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