On Wednesday RIM unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (nee "Kickstart") smartphone. Yes, that's right; it's the first BlackBerry to come in a flip version. Some love this type of form factor (though not me!), and as such the new phone gives RIM another weapon in its arsenal.Quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS/EDGE), the new phone weighs in at 3.6 ounces and measures 3.9" x 1.9" x 0.7". It sports a 65,536-color 128x160 pixel external display and a 65,536-color 240 x 320 internal LCD, along with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
Naturally it includes the prerequisite media player features just about everyone wants nowadays, and as a Pearl it has a trackball navigator and SureType (bleh) keyboard.
Not many surprises, as Pearl-ish as it is it keeps in line feature-wise with the Pearl 8120. And, as expected, the Pearl Flip 8220 will be exclusive to T-Mobile. It will launch in the vague "this fall" timeframe. Pricing details are similarly vague ("later").
Flip-style phones are popular, but flip-style smartphones --- not so much. So, the question remains: will users flip over this new Blackberry?
Check out RIM's full press release here.
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I like BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Smartphone which provides Quad-Band network support on 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz, GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks to allow for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The BlackBerry Pearl is small enough to take anywhere and is the ultimate combination of brains and beauty as it is Small, Smart and Stylish.
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