Cricket Entertainment: BlackBerry

Recently, Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the release of its flip version of Blackberry Pearl as part its attempt to push in the retail consumer market. The classy black-colored device features a stylish, gorgeous look. The new Blackberry Pearl Flip includes a sleek design with a smooth, glowing outer cover.

President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion, Mike Lazaridis, said that the new Blackberry Pearl Flip is a full-featured smart phone with a unique design and it could help Blackberry platform to reach more people.

Mobiletor reported:

Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion, commented, “The popularity of BlackBerry smartphones has grown tremendously around the world and the introduction of this exciting new flip phone will help extend the reach of the BlackBerry platform even further. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a full-featured smartphone with a unique and friendly design and it is a natural choice for flip phone users who want to start doing more with their phone than just talk.”

The new Blackberry Pearl Flip includes some eye-catching features including a 240 x 320 internal display, 128 x 160 external display, Quad-band EDGE , Wi-Fi, external microSDHC slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2-megapixel camera with flash. The smart phone also features 4 hours of talk time and 14 days standby support. The flip version of Blackberry Pearl also comes with a web browser as well as an abridged keyboard for the users. The mobile phone also provides with easy control and hassle-free navigation in the phone.

Blackberry Pearl Flip will be available in U.S. market this autumn through T-Mobile. However, nothing about price tag has been revealed yet. No doubt, the new Blackberry Pearl Flip smart phone will attract the mobile phone users soon after it becomes widely available in the market.

On September 9, 2008, Research In Motion (RIM), introduced its new BlackBerry flip phone or clamshell mobile phone at the Fall CTIA show. Clamshell phones are quite popular among fashion conscious people. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be available in late 2008 through T-mobile. In order to widen its customer base, RIM introduced this new stylish phone.

Dimension:

Length: 3.9 inches

Breadth: 1.9 inches

Width: 0.6 inches

Weight: 3.5 ounces.

Colors: Red or Black

Talktime: 4 hours

Standby time: 14 days

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 contains all the core features of BlackBerry model. RIM did not disclose the price.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has an external LCD with 65,536-color, 128x160 pixel for previewing males, text messages and phone calls.

Inside, the BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with 65,536-color, 320x240-pixel TFT display.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has SureType keyboard and trackball navigator.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 supports quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900). It will support the GSM networks in America, Europe and Asia. The phone also supports EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution).

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with 2 megapixel camera with flash.

With the new BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220, you can do video recording.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Buyers will get a stereo headphone with the BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has media player software for video and audio files.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 can store tunes on removable MicroSD cards. It can support upto 16GB.

With the BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220, users can synchronize DRM (digital rights management) tracks with Apple’s iTunes music jukebox software.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 supports various email softwares including BlackBerry Enterprise, Microsoft Exchange, IMB Lotus, Novell GroupWise.

With the BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220, users can also manage their POP3 and IMAP4 accounts.

With The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220, users can also read PDF Files and see JPG files.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 supports Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has speakerphone.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with smart dialing system.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has background-noise cancellation facility.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has BlackBerry Maps application that will provide the user with maps and text-based directions.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 also supports Wi-Fi.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 supports the latest version of the BlackBerry OS, 4.6.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with 312 Mhz Marvell Bulverde chipset.

The BlakBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with Dataviz' DocumentsToGo software which enables the user to created and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.