Cellular South introduces BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone

Posted on: Mon, 25 May 2009 05:17:00 EDT


Symbols: RIMM, RIM
May 25, 2009 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) --
RIMM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Cellular South, a US wireless communications carrier, announced on
Friday (22 May) the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230
smartphone from Research In Motion ( RIM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM), a
designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the
worldwide mobile communications market.

According to the company, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip, available in black
and pink, features a sleek design and a chrome-finished frame
surrounding its luminescent face. It weighs 3.6oz and measures
approximately 3.9" x 1.9" x 0.7". The handset offers two
high-resolution, light-sensing colour displays. The external LCD makes
it easy to preview incoming e-mails, text messages and phone calls
without opening the handset, while the large, 240 x 320 pixel internal
LCD displays messages, videos and web pages with detail and contrast.

The handset also features: support for BlackBerry App World; a large
SureType QWERTY keyboard; support for Cellular South's high-speed
wireless broadband data network; intuitive user interface with
trackball navigation; built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps preloaded; a 2
megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording; an HTML web
browser; a media player for pictures, videos and music and support for
BlackBerry Media Sync; an expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot that
supports cards up to 16GB in size; as well as stereo Bluetooth support
(A2DP/AVRCP) and a 3.5mm stereo headset jack.

The phone is available for USD99.99 after a USD100 mail-in rebate and
with a new two-year customer agreement and two-year data contract.
Cellular South's smartphone plan is available for a USD49.99 monthly
access fee. Other charges may apply when downloading or using
applications.

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