AT&T Releases Blackberry Pearl

Before my iPhone, I had the pleasure of owning a Blackberry Pearl. AT&T has become the latest wireless carrier to offer enterprise customers the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from RIM (Research In Motion). The gorgeous smartphone, which features a built-in Wi-Fi radio, will give subscribers the broadest domestic and international wireless data coverage of any U.S. carrier, according to AT&T.

AT&T's Blackberry Pearl 8120 is equipped with a 240x260-pixel 65K-color display, a two-megapixel camera/camcorder, a multimedia player, and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot. The Pearl also makes a triple play with EDGE and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) radios and a Bluetooth 2.0 chipset for wirelessly connecting to compatible stereo headsets, car kits, and other accessories.

The smartphone offers RIM's popular BlackBerry e-mail and messaging capabilities along with the company's SureType word-completion software, a built-in spell checker and a user-customized dictionary. The Pearl also offers support for AT&T's Mobile Music subscription and unlimited Push to Talk services. In addition, the Pearl can deliver simultaneous access to both data and voice calls whenever the user is connected to a public hot spot, corporate wireless network or home Wi-Fi network.

The Pearl is available to AT&T's customers for as low as $199, and also keeps overseas travelers connected to e-mail, Internet access and other mobile applications through data services in more than 145 countries, AT&T claims. It is no secret that RIM's line of Blackberrys have impacted the cell phone industry and continuing their efforts, despite the iPhone knocking it off its pedestal.

I wonder what RIM has up their sleeve for their next releases...