Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of its smallest smartphone yet, BlackBerry Pearl 3G, featuring email, messaging and social networking capabilities.
“Considering the fast growing consumer interest in smartphones and the fact that more than three-quarters of the people in the global mobile phone market are still buying handsets with a traditional alphanumeric keypad, we think the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G addresses a substantial market opportunity”, said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion.
Measuring less than two inches wide (50 mm) and weighing only 3.3 ounces (93g), BlackBerry’s new 3G smartphone displays a 360×400 high-resolution screen, alphanumeric keypad, an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, dedicated volume and media keys, a 3.2 MP camera with flash and support for up to 32 GB storage.
The light-weight smartphone supports high-speed 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) networks, Wi-Fi® (b/g/n) and GPS on a 624 Mhz processor with 256 MB Flash memory. It feature the latest BlackBerry 5 OS.
BlackBerry Pearl 3G offers the much-appreciated access to BlackBerry App World, featuring a broad and growing catalogue of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones and supports BlackBerry Media Sync and BllackBerry Maps.
The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G smartphone will be available from May in two models and several colours. The 9100 model features a 20-key condensed QWERTY keyboard and the 9105 model features a 14-key traditional phone keyboard. Both models include SureType software that can complete words as the user types, making texting fast and accurate.
Research In Motion (RIM) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications.
RIM’ s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies include the BlackBerry wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements.
