T-Mobile USA today announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone-the first BlackBerry flip phone-is now available in the U.S. In addition to the new flip design, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip also provides an advanced multimedia experience through video recording and playback, a 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom, stereo Bluetooth support, and an easily accessible external memory card slot.

The combination of rich multimedia capabilities and RIM’s powerful mobile e-mail solution together with support for text messaging, picture messaging, enhanced Web browsing and built in Wi-Fi makes the BlackBerry Pearl Flip ideal for balancing a busy lifestyle by enabling customers to share pictures, check the latest sports scores or access social networking sites, including Facebook and Flickr.

Key features of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip from T-Mobile include the following:

• First BlackBerry smartphone to offer popular flip design
• Wi-Fi-enabled (802.11 b/g) supporting Wi-Fi calling and fast Web browsing
• Support for Unlimited HotSpot Calling
• T-Mobile’s myFaves support to stay in touch with those who matter most, with quick, one-click access for instant messaging, e-mailing, texting or calling to your Fave 5 from the Home Screen
• SureType keyboard
• 2.0 megapixel camera with built-in flash LED and video recording (requires microSD card)
• media player for pictures, music and video with full-screen video playback
• Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack
• Internal QVGA 2.4-inch diagonal screen, 320 x 240 pixels and supporting 65K colors
• 128 MB of flash memory, 256MB microSD card included, and support for up to a 16 GB microSD/SDHC card
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi network including support for international roaming
• Dimensions: 3.9″ x 1.96″ x 0.68″
• Weight: 3.6 oz

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is now available in Black color and will be also available in red in the coming weeks.