Here is good news for flip phone lovers in Spain. Research in Motion and Telefonica has announced the upcoming availability of the respective smartphone in Spain. BlackBerry Flip 8220 is the first smart phone built by Research in Motion in a clamshell form.
BlackBerry Flip 8220 has a 2 megapixel camera without auto focus but it packs a LED flash. Like many other flip phones, the 8220 smartphone has an external LCD for offering preview of incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. What makes different this phone from other flip devices is the QWERTY keyboard that makes typing messages and dialing numbers fast and easy.
BlackBerry Flip 8220 offers a GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth 2.0. The 8220 offers full support for mp3 ring tones, smart dialing and conference calling. 8220 has an advanced media player which supports most of the popular formats.
RIM has not disclosed the availability of this device yet and also there are no details on the price of BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 so Spanish users have to wait a bit longer.
BlackBerry Pearl 8220
We have already seen photos and details that allegedly reveal a planned BlackBerry but today it is right here. RIM has just unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. This new device called the Kick start is the first BlackBerry’s flip phone ever.
This elegantly designed flip smart phone has a chrome-finished frame surrounding which weighs 3.6 ounces and measures approximately 3.9” x 1.9” x 0.7” which features two high-resolution, light-sensing color displays. The external LCD makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset, while the large, 240 x 320 internal LCD displays messages, videos and web pages with impressive detail and contrast.
With exceptional good voice quality the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features premium phone features such as QWERTY keyboard, advanced media player for displaying pictures, support for mp3 ring tones. BlackBerry Pearl 8220 works with the new BlackBerry Media Sync application that makes it easy to sync iTunes digital music collections.
Flip 8220 smartphone will be available in United States exclusively from T-Mobile beginning this fall however the carrier will release its price later. T-Mobile USA customers can check out more details about this new flip phone and register to be notified when the BlackBerry Pearl Flip is available at www.BlackBerry.com/T-MobileBlackBerryPearlFlip.
BlackBerry Pearl 8220
