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The BlackBerry Pearl Flip was spotted in dummy form at T-Mobile stores late last week, and go figure we’re seeing an official announcement today. As RIM’s first big departure in form factor, the BlackBerry 8220 promises to break some ground in new markets – namely the feature phone crowd used to flips. Despite the form factor change, it has all the goodies of your standard BlackBerry (web browsing, e-mail, music) with the additional bonus of Wi-Fi and an external LCD screen to check notifications at a glance. You can grab the BlackBerry Pearl flip in black (red coming soon) from the T-Mobile online store for $149.99 on two-year contract here. Rogers customers can sit tight – they’ll be getting it soon too.
[via RIM]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
