CTIA IT 2006 -- Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion jointly announced the BlackBerry 8703e this morning. The 8703e is essentially a CDMA version of the 8700c which has been shipping on Cingular since last year.
Features of the BlackBerry 8703e include:
Verizon Wireless will begin shipping the BlackBerry 8703e on September 17th for $349.99 with a 2-year contract.
This phone will not yet sync to mac. Having just taken delivery of my 8703e for Verizon, it does not appear to be supported by either RIM, Verizon or Pocket Mac. None of them will take responsibility for the device not syncing to a mac! Stay away Mac users until this issue is resolved!