RIM has finally gone ahead and officially unveiled its first flip phone Blackberry Pearl Flip 8820 for T-Mobile. Available in black and red, it is a spiritual successor of the consumer-level Pearl, but now available in a folder format for the first time. Some may prefer this design as you don’t have to hassle with screen locks as closing the folder automatically disables the keys.
Full press release after the jump:
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RIM has finally taken off the wraps on its new Blackberry device officially named Bold. Featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, this new device is the most visually pleasing and feature packed device so far: quad-band, 3G, wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, integrated GPS all running on a 624MHz Intel processor (that’s twice as fast as previous models) as well as 1GB of onboard memory.
Look for this device in the summer.
In order to entice more consumers to Blackberry addiction, RIM has announced a partnership with Microsoft. RIM will integrate Windows Live Hotmail (with push capabilities, naturally) and Messenger onto the Blackberry platform some time this Summer.
So here it is, the leaked specs for Blackberry 9000.
Radio - GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA
Bands - Quad-band GPRS/EDGE: 800/850/1800/1900MHz
HSDPA: 850/1900/2100MHz
Expandable memory - microSD
Display - HVGA Color LCD (480×320)
TrackBall Navigation
Camera - 2MP
Wi-Fi - a,b,g
A-GPS
Battery - 1500mAh
High quality material, high-end finish
Software - 4.6
It does indeed feature HSDPA 2100MHz, which means 3G for Rogers and AT&T in North America, the 2 carriers selected for initial exclusive launch. Downside is a 2MP camera (Really? Just 2MP?) but you never buy a Blackberry for its shooting performances!
To some BlackBerry software is a requirement in mobile handset purchase decisions, and Samsung is finally going to give customers a new mobile format, so now you don’t have to choose between slim candybar and fat candybar! Samsung T729 (dubbed Samsung Blast by T-Mobile) is a slider phone with a SureType keyboard just like the Pearl, and BlackBerry Connect software. Rest of the spec seems fairly low-end such as just a 1.3 megapixel camera.
(also pictured here is the Samsung T429 with absolutely no interesting or remarkable feature)
[More details at BoyGeniusReport]
Apple iPhone’s touted feature is visual voicemail (how’s that for oxymoron?) which gives you a messaging inbox interface for voicemail, allowing you to listen to any voicemail in random order. SimulSays goes one step further allowing you to listen to voicemail without using your minutes, reply to voicemail with phone call, SMS or even e-mail.
Right now this beta software is available for Blackberries on T-Mobile and AT&T.
[Get SimulSays for free]
