T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip Phone officially launched

T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip Phone officially launched. RIM and T-Mobile USA announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone—the first BlackBerry flip phone—is now available in the U.S., exclusively from T-Mobile. The Wi-Fi-enabled phone provides connectivity for both voice and data, as well as support for T-Mobile’s Unlimited HotSpot Calling service offering unlimited, nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi connection including T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide and great in-home coverage.

Whether through a Wi-Fi connection or the T-Mobile network, customers can quickly surf the Web, view pictures, send and receive messages, download documents, and access attachments.

T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip Phone features a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi network including support for international roaming, internal QVGA 2.4-inch diagonal screen, 320 x 240 pixels and supporting 65K colors, 128 MB of flash memory, 256MB microSD card included, and support for up to a 16 GB microSD/SDHC card, 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom, built-in flash and video recording (requires microSD card), Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack, T-Mobile’s myFavesSM support, and more.