Alltel Wireless announced the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone will now be available to customers.

Developed by Research In Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition is the first BlackBerry smartphone to combine technologies that allow it to connect to both CDMA and GSM/GPRS networks.

It is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard as well as e-mail and messaging capabilities. BlackBerry Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts. BlackBerry Enterprise Server integrates with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments and features IT policy controls for managing smartphone features and usage.

Additionally, the BlackBerry 8830 has an intuitive trackball navigation system, GPS capabilities with TeleNav GPS Navigator service and BlackBerry Maps, and a microSD expandable memory slot. With an enhanced media player for music, pictures and videos, this is the first smartphone to include Alltel Jump Music capabilities. The media player is able to play MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA audio files, and MPEG4, WMV and H.263 video files.

The light-sensing technology automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments.

The BlackBerry 8830 from Alltel operates in the United States on Alltel’s CDMA network and comes with an unlocked SIM card slot for international roaming on GSM/GPRS networks. Alltel customers can also choose to arrange international voice and data support through WorldCell TravelComm, whose third-party SIM card solution makes it easy to talk internationally in over 160 countries and access BlackBerry data services in 78 countries.