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Airtel and RIM Launch 8220 Pearl Flip

06 Jan, 2009, 2:10 pm IST | Shayne Rana | Smartphones

Airtel and Research in Motion (RIM) have announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone in India. This is RIM’s first attempt at a flip phone clamshell device that tries to embody a business sense in a more fashionable form factor.


"The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a powerful, compact smartphone equipped to deliver a wide range of applications,'" said Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Airtel. "This continues to reinforce our commitment to enhance and deliver the best communication experience to our users with the latest BlackBerry smartphones from Airtel."

The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone is equipped with an enhanced SureType keyboard for easy text entry and phone dialing and an internal QVGA 2.4-inch (diagonal) display sporting a 320 x 240 pixel 65k color resolution. Other features include:
  • 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom, flash and video recording
  • Advanced media player for music, video and pictures with full-screen video playback
  • 3.5mm stereo headset jack
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP)
  • MicroSD (IGB card included) external memory card support (up to 16GB)
  • Quick access to social networking sites - Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace
  • Access for up to 10 supported email accounts and corporate email
  • Enhanced HTML browser
  • Media management software including the new BlackBerry Media Sync application
Priced at Rs. 21, 990 the smartphone is now available at Airtel authorized channels nationally.

Tags: BlackBerry

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