Bouygues Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) are pleased to launch the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone in France, the first BlackBerry phone to come in the popular flip form factor.

From End-December, Bouygues Telecom’s customers will be able to enjoy the BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone, which provides flip phone fans with all the power of a BlackBerry smartphone in a fun, sleek and stylish design. One flip of the handset opens up a world of possibilities with the industry’s leading mobile messaging solution and a wide range of impressive Internet and multimedia capabilities, all in one powerful yet approachable smartphone. You can send a message to your friends or family, make a call, browse the web, snap a picture, watch a video or listen to your favourite song. It’s all in your control with a simple flip.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip offers a large, high resolution display, a second LCD colour display on the outside that allows for dynamic viewing of incoming messages and calls, a SureType keyboard that makes typing text and dialling numbers quick and easy and built-in Wi-Fi.  The quad-band EDGE based BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone presents a sophisticated look with a sleek design and a chrome-finished frame surrounding its smooth, luminescent face. Packed with an abundance of powerful features, it weighs only 3.6 ounces and measures approximately 3.9” x 1.9” x 0.7”. 

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is ideal for people who want a uniquely sleek and sophisticated clamshell smartphone, delivering the powerful capabilities of the BlackBerry solution as well as access to thousands of mobile business and lifestyle applications.  In order to maximise the mobile experience for its customers, Bouygues Telecom is also providing BlackBerry Pearl Flip users with one click access to the Windows Live Messenger and Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones applications. Both applications offer fast and optimised mobile access to the user's account and benefit from the push-based BlackBerry system architecture to create an unparalleled mobile experience.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip also boasts a robust media player for displaying pictures, listening to music and watching videos, a 2 megapixel camera with flash, digital zoom and video* recording, as well as a voice recording application. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone also works with the new BlackBerry Media Sync application making it quick and easy to sync iTunes digital music onto the handset**, and comes with DataViz Documents to Go preloaded, allowing users to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the smartphone.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone from Bouygues Telecom is available from €129 including taxes (on a 12 month contract) in all Club Bouygues Telecom outlets with a Pro service plan or a Consumer service plan of 3 hours and more.

The smartphone is also available for SMEs from €129 not including taxes (on a 24 months contract) with all BlackBerry mobile messaging offers from Bouygues Telecom.

Courtesy: Research In Motion

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Posted by Naresh Koshti on 5 December, 2008 4:08:04 PM IST #