The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
Research In Motion has introduced the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, the first BlackBerry clamshell.
Quad-band smartphone BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has a sophisticated look with a sophisticated design and a chrome frame that surrounds an elegant, luminescent face. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 weighs 102 grams, measuring about 100 x 50 x 17.5 mm and comes with two displays: the external LCD TFT 128 x 160 pixels allows you to preview e-mail incoming messages text and phone calls without the need for opening the handset, while the rest is the largest internal LCD screen with 240 x 320 pixels.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 offers high-quality audio and has many premium phone features including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), support mp3 tones and intuitive call functions such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding, voice mail attachment playback and advanced capabilities for the elimination of noise. Also features a speakerphone and Bluetooth 2.0 for use with hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals such as GPS receiver.
The removable, rechargeable battery allows a range of 900 mAhr 4 hours talk time and over 14 days of standby time. Equipped with SureType QWERTY keyboard for quick and easy to write messages or e-mail, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, like all BlackBerry smartphones, provides a way for users to easily access up to 10 personal email accounts business, send and receive text and instant messages, and connect to the most popular social networking sites. BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is supported on BlackBerry Internet Service, BlackBerry Professional Software and BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which offers tight integration with e-mail and corporate systems for monitoring and IT security policy that businesses are taking to the use of smartphone.
Videos can be viewed on the large internal display in portrait or landscape format, playlists can be managed directly through the device and, in the case of wired headphones or external speakers, the media player gives the user an equalizer with 11 preset filters such as ” Lounge “,” Jazz ” and ” Hip Hop “, which amplify or dampen the audio range. BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features a slot for memory cards microSD / SDHC capable of supporting up to 16GB, also USB 2.0 connectivity allows high speed to quickly transfer files between your smartphone and the desktop of your PC. For managing music and video content, software, BlackBerry Desktop Manager complements Roxi Media Manager for BlackBerry and Roxio Photosuite 9 LE, two programs that make it easy to edit pictures and create photo albums for computer graphics.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 comes with the familiar BlackBerry productivity applications, including organizer, calendar and task list, and is able to work with thousands of mobile applications. The device integrates a 2 megapixel camera with flash, digital zoom and video capturing capabilities and, again, with BlackBerry Maps providing maps and detailed directions on speed directions. The HTML browser can display web pages is in the “Column View” and “Page View” and different emulation settings allow users to choose between desktop-style HTML content and mobile. The browser also supports RTSP for watching online videos from sites like youtube.com.
For an even more extensive coverage of high-speed BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 supports Wi-Fi standards (802.11 a / b / g) with support for UMA (unlicensed mobile access) ideal for use for voice calls over wireless networks domestic corporate networks and WiFi hotspots. DataViz Document to Go software is preloaded on the smartphone and allows editing of Word, Excel and Power Point directly from the device.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be available from wireless network operators around the world since the beginning of autumn.
Amazon currently has the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for special price.
Average Customer Review 3.4 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews).
Jessica Magert on September 12th, 2009
finally, a t-mobile android set that is worthy to replace my G1, ill miss the full five-row qwerty keyboard but this has just enough more features/(internals im sure) to make me want a new phone!