At last, a BlackBerry that looks good and is loaded with goodies. Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. It is the first BlackBerry phone to come in the flip form factor.
Specs & features:
• Quad-band EDGE-based
• Weight 3.6 ounces
• 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.7-inch
• Two high-resolution, light-sensing colour displays
• External LCD
• 240 x 320 internal LCD
• Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD)
• MP3 ring tones
• Smart dialling
• Conference calling
• Speed dialling
• Call forwarding
• Voicemail attachment playback
• Enhanced background noise cancellation
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Stereo headset
• Car kit
• GPS receiver
• SureType QWERTY keyboard
• 10 supported personal and work email accounts
• Preloaded DataViz Documents
• Preloaded Go software suite
• Editing for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
• 2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom
• Video recording
• BlackBerry Maps
• HTML browser
• RTSP support for watching online streaming video from sites like youtube.com
• Built-in Wi-fi (802.11 b/g)
• UMA (unlicensed mobile access)
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone availability and pricing details will be announced at a later date.