Sprint today announced the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, a smartphone with new multimedia and communications capabilities for both personal and business use.

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Sporting a thin, sleek design, the amethyst-colored smartphone supports a broad range of Sprint Power Vision Services. Besides accessing capabilities like calendar management, personal and corporate email, and viewing documents, customers can also take advantage of exclusive Sprint services like:

- Sprint Music Store - Download stereo-quality tracks over the air. Choose songs from thousands of artists in virtually every genre.
- Sprint TV - Watch live TV or video-on-demand with full-motion video and sound or catch the latest news, sports, weather, entertainment and movie trailers. Choose from more than 50 live television channels.
- OnDemand - Set up personal preferences and get customized news, sports, movies, and weather updates based on zip code.
- Sprint Navigation - Sprint Navigation delivers voice-guided and on-screen turn-by-turn GPS-enabled driving directions, 3D moving maps similar to an in-car navigation system or personal navigation device, as well as local search and real-time intelligent traffic alerts and one-click rerouting.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 maintains a stylish slim device and includes several new features including:

- Built-in GPS
- 2.0-megapixel camera with enhanced flash for pictures and video recording
- External microSD / SDHC memory card slot for additional storage
- Enhanced background noise, wind and echo cancellation
- Stereo Bluetooth support and 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
- Improved media player and desktop media manager

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 will be available next month online, through Sprint Telesales, Sprint business sales channels and retail locations.

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