• Tata Indicom Blackberry 8830

    Tata Indicom Blackberry 8830

    Frazier Barretto, Oct 01, 2008 1700 hrs IST

    Today we take a look at the Blackberry 8830 from Tata Indicom, which seems to be just a CDMA-based version of the Blackberry 8800.

    Great e-mailing device, PEARL Navigation, Stylish, QWERTY keypad, Memory Card Slot (hot swappable).

    No Camera, Mono-handsfree, Battery Life, No Wi-Fi, Expensive compared to it's GSM variant.

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India has both GSM & CDMA networks with CDMA now having quite a market. It is about time that business users have the option to use an enterprise solution handset on the CDMA network. Today we'll take a look at the Blackberry 8830 from Tata Indicom. We have already taken a look at the Blackberry 8800, and the Blackberry 8830 is basically just the CDMA based version of the same.

Blackberry handsets have always been the enterprise solution handset just that now with even individuals have increased their productivity RIM has managed to focus equally on both - enterprise as well as individuals. Their Blackberry Curve 8300 and especially the latest Bold 9000 proves the companies strive to focus equally on both fronts.

Let's now focus on the handset, which is almost 99% similar to the Blackberry 8800, except for the hardware change of network operation.

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Tata Indicom BlackBerry 8830

Charger

This is what we received from Tata Indicom with a connection and an
unlimited data plan.

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(7) Comments
Upinder S. Dhin
,Chandigarh, on Sep 26, 2011 03:16 PM
The phone doesn't have EDGE. It only has GPRS which works in GSM mode as phone works in both GSM and CDMA network. As it is on TATA Indicom network, it will work on 1XEVDO and not EDGE. We are talking about 8830, but specs of battery mention 8800. 8830 has a 1400 mAh battery.
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nitesh david
,patna, on Oct 19, 2009 03:43 PM
myhandset blackberry 8830 is giving battery charging and backup problem and i had complained for many times and i had got no result for it so plz see to it as it gives lots of problrm in communication as company had changed the set for two times as it gives bad performance.
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Rahul Kumar
,Jamshedpur, on Apr 13, 2009 06:07 PM
What makes a phone of the calibre of Blackberry in a class apart would be the service of the provider that is bundled along with. I must say I am truly happy with the way Tata Indicom has done that with blackberry, however It would be interesting to see if they can also have a separate HUB for Blackberry users.
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xotiq
,blr, on Dec 01, 2008 12:09 PM
Mr.Baretto, as always, here are the mistakes in your review. 1> Its common knowledge that the Battery is of 1400mAh. 2> Being a CDMA phone, how in the world are you telling that EDGE is the primary data connection and GPRS the backup? Your confidence in uttering stupidity is amazing. 3> The network indicator clearly shows 1X (CDMA)..!!! 4> The Blackberry 8800 comes with a 1400mAh battery and NOT 900mAh as mentioned by you. fyi, 900mAh is what the 8110 and 8120 come with. 5. Go back to basics, read up on technology, and please dont write a 'review' unless atleast you get your facts right. Convincing people is a distant thought now.. :-)
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Salem
,Hyderabad, on Nov 27, 2008 09:57 PM
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phone
,Mumbai, on Oct 13, 2008 07:56 PM
blackberry ipod iphone 3gbunlock n repar servvice 9 8 2 1 5 9 9 2 4 4
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naveenchaudhary
,meerut, on Oct 01, 2008 08:07 PM
reliance is selling blackberry 8330, which has all the features missing on 8830. and price is 25000, actual price is 23500.
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