Alltel Wireless Officially Introduces The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Smartphone

Alltel Wireless has officially announced at a recent press release that the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) will be available in retail stores and online at alltel.com, starting from May this year. The stylish and compact smartphone puts customers in control of how, when and where they communicate and joins Alltel’s impressive spring line-up of phones. The clamshell BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone comes with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, the internal LCD displays videos and pictures in crisp detail and contrast.

Featuring a large SureType QWERTY keyboard, an intuitive user interface with trackball navigation, built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps preloaded and support for locations based applications and services, and a 2 MP camera able to record video, it also features full HTML browsing, a rich media player with the ability to sync music from iTunes or Windows Media Player, microSD card slot for up to 16GB of external memory and stereo Bluetooth support. Customers can activate the smartphone on BlackBerry Internet Service as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Alltel Wireless is offering the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone for $79.99, after a $70 mail-in rebate. This discounted price is available to new and existing eligible customers who sign-up for a two-year service agreement on a qualifying Smart Choice Pack. Smart Choice Packs start as low as $69.99 per month and include unlimited data, email and Web access. Alltel has also announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone is now available for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone is free after $100 mail-in rebate.