BlackBerry Flips The Script With Pearl Flip 8220

On the multimedia side, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has an advanced media player to view pictures, listen to music and watch video. It also works with the new BlackBerry Media Sync application that can synchronize withApple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes digital music and features a microSD/SDHC card slot to support up to 16 GB of storage. Support for High Speed USB 2.0 enables file transfers between desktops and the device and BlackBerry Desktop Manager includes Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry to manage music and video files. Photos albums can be created and pictures can be edited using Roxio Photosuite 9 LE.

Additional features include support for thousands of business and consumer applications; a 2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording; BlackBerry Maps; and an enhanced HTML browser to view Web pages in either column or page view. The browser supports TRSP for watching streaming video from mobile YouTube and the device supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and UMA, meaning the device can work on home and corporate Wi-Fi networks along with Wi-Fi hotspots.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is expected to be available from several global carriers in the fall. It will first be available through T-Mobile in the U.S. Pricing has yet to be announced.

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( via crn.com )