T-Mobile Flips in the USA with the Blackberry Pearl

T-Mobile along with RIM announced the first flip Blackberry phone to be available in the U.S. Flip phone users who also wanted a Blackberry can now have the best of both worlds. The Blackberry Pearl flip is the first of its kind.

All the features that Blackberry users know and love are on the Pearl flip, along with enhancements that come with a flip phone, such as ending calls by flipping the phone closed. Additionally, the flip offers protection for the large internal screen when it is not in use.

The convenient external screen offers call screening as well as quick previews of emails, text messages and reminders.

Mobile phone users in the United States tend to prefer the convenience of a flip phone. With the introduction of the Blackberry Pearl, T-Mobile stands ready to gain a larger market share due to the combination. Users who didn’t want a business looking device can now opt for having a Blackberry and a flip phone at the same time.

Feature Packed

Whether you need to check an email or check your profile on Facebook, Blackberry Pearl does it all. RIM combines powerful multi-media capabilities with email, text and picture messaging to create many communication options.

The combination of rich multimedia capabilities and RIM’s powerful mobile e-mail solution together with support for text messaging, picture messaging, enhanced Web browsing and built in Wi-Fi® makes the BlackBerry Pearl Flip ideal for balancing a busy lifestyle by enabling customers to share pictures, check the latest sports scores or access social networking sites, including Facebook® and Flickr®.

Other features include:

• Wifi for voice and data
• 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom
• External memory card slot
• Video recording and playback
• Supports for the TMobile Network Unlimited HotSpot Calling
• Support for the MyFav TMobile Options
• IM through six of the most popular IM clients

Up to 10 email accounts with the availability of corporate email

• Media Management Software for transferring music files
• Enhanced web browser, looks more like your desktop

RIM and T-Mobile have teamed up to bring the Blackberry to a generation of flip phone users. The Blackberry Pearl flip should appeal to the younger users who had previously avoided the Blackberry because of its business feel.