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Notes & Links

Can Executives Find Happiness With a BlackBerry Minus Its Scroll Wheel?

the BlackBerry 8800, eliminates a tiny scroll wheel on the side that is intended to navigate through lists of e-mail messages. The plastic wheel has been a signature feature of all business-oriented BlackBerrys since the first model was released eight years ago.

In its place on the 8800 is a small front-mounted navigation ball developed for the BlackBerry Pearl, a consumer model released last year.

While the Pearl is an attempt by BlackBerry’s maker, Research in Motion, to enter a larger and more competitive market, the 8800 is arguably a more important product. Priced at $300 in some plans from AT&T, the 8800 will be aimed at corporate and business users, a market segment dominated by Research in Motion, based in Waterloo, Ontario.

Can Executives Find Happiness With a BlackBerry Minus Its Scroll Wheel? - New York Times

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