Rogers Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) are launching the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone, the first BlackBerry phone to come in flip form factor. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available in black finish from Rogers Wireless starting November 4, with the pink BlackBerry Pearl Flip coming soon.


The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip provides flip phone fans with all the power of a BlackBerry smartphone in a fun and familiar design. You can send a message to your friends or family, make a call, browse the web, snap a picture, watch a video or listen to your favorite song. It features two high-resolution, light-sensing color displays, including an external LCD that makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset.

Other features including:

* SureType QWERTY keyboard
* 240 x 320 internal LCD
* Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) with support for Rogers TalkSpot service
* 2 megapixel camera
* microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 16GB for plenty of storage
* Enhanced HTML browser with RTSP support for online streaming video from sites like m.youtube.com
* BlackBerry Maps
* DataViz Documents To Go
* Bluetooth 2.0

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone will be available in black from Rogers starting November 4, from $49.99 with activation on any combination of 3 year voice and data plan with minimum combined monthly service fee of $35 per month from Rogers. Some conditions apply. The pink BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available in the coming weeks.

Labels: BlackBerry

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