BlackBerry World Phone works "flawlessly" overseas

Remember the BlackBerry 8830 World Phone? Did you find yourself wondering just how worldly it would be when it touched down in the U.S. this month, courtesy of Verizon? Well, the folks over at Gizmodo decided to find out and sent reporter Jesus Diaz to Madrid with a BlackBerry 8830 for a few weeks of extensive testing. The verdict? The device apparently "Works Flawlessly, Except for 3G." Diaz tested every aspect of the phone, including email, voicemail, call clarity and web browsing and walked away impressed. "Extremely easy setup, even doing it abroad, clear calls, access to email, the Web and voicemail, and almost instant short messaging makes the 8830 a winner for anyone who needs the features of a BlackBerry and travels outside the U.S.," Diaz writes. "The only thing will be the cost: Let's just say that I am oh-just-so-glad that I am not paying the bill for this test." Get the IT department to cover your 8830 and you won't have to worry about the bill either (*wink*).

For more on the 8830:
- see this extensive overseas review at Gizmodo