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Visit RIM Storefront Tweet Find Coverage: Release Date: Q3 2006 Released For: AT&T - Discontinued T-Mobile - Discontinued Released for Cingular and T-Mobile, the RIM BlackBerry Pearl comes complete with robust multimedia capabilities while continuing to provide the BlackBerry experience that users have come to love. The BlackBerry Pearl offers a newly enhanced version of RIM's SureType QWERTY keypad technology that makes typing messages and dialing phone numbers quick and easy. Featuring a 1.3-megapixel camera with built-in flash and 5x digital zoom, users can snap a picture and instantly share it with friends and family by email, MMS or BlackBerry Messenger. The BlackBerry Pearl also comes with a media player and stereo headset jack so users can enjoy their favorite music and videos on the go.

• Phone, email, text messaging (SMS and MMS), browser, instant messaging and organizer applications in a single smartphone
• 1.3-megapixel camera with built-in flash and 5x digital zoom
• Media player with audio and video playback in a variety of formats
• BlackBerry Maps to help users find their way
• Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialing
• Pearl-like trackball navigation system
• Innovative SureType keyboard technology
• Bluetooth headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported
• High resolution LCD screen with light sensing technology
• Polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ringtones
• 64 MB of memory and expandable memory via microSD card
• Quad-band support for worldwide GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks

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Technical
Network:	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Form Factor:	Block / BlackBerry OS v4.5
Dimensions:	107 x 50 x 15 mm
Weight:	90 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	Trackball / QWERTY Keypad
Battery Type:	900 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	3.5 hours
Standby Time:	15 days
Memory:	64.0 MB
Expandable Memory:	microSD / TransFlash
Safety
Radiation (SAR):	(1.22 W/kg)
Imaging
Main Screen:	STN 65,000 colors (240 x 260 px)
External Screen:
Camera:	1.3 MP / Flash / 5X Zoom
Audio
MP3 Player:	MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:	Cingular-Only
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	240 x 260 px
Screen Savers:	240 x 260 px
Ring Tones:	MP3
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:	MPEG-4 / H.263
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	Microsoft Exchange / Lotus Domino
Chat:	AOL / ICQ / MSN / Yahoo
Predictive Text:	SureType
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	2.0 (BlackBerry Browser)
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	2.0 (HFP / HSP)
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	GPRS (Class 10) / EDGE
Wi-Fi:
GPS:
PC Sync:	USB 2.0
More Information
Website:	Product Website
Discussion:	Smartphone / PDA Forum

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