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Verizon Wireless to Offer BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 from June 19th

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion announced today the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone will be available beginning June 19. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 will be available in silver color only. It has two color displays; the external LCD lets customers preview incoming messages without opening the handset. There are also a 2 megapixel camera, microSD [...]

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T-Mobile UK Offers “Pay Once” BlackBerry with Yearly Subscriptions

For a single payment of £179.99, T-Mobile UK is offering a silver BlackBerry Pearl 8110 with a year of unlimited email and internet access. You will just have to top-up the credit for making calls and sending texts and picture messages.

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Alltel Wireless Launches the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Smartphone

Alltel Wireless announced today that the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) will be available in retail stores and online at alltel.com beginning in early May. The clamshell design of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone allows users to discreetly screen calls and preview messages on the high-resolution external display or [...]

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Sprint BlackBerry Pearl, Curve get 4.5 OS update

Sprint today has posted the official version of 4.5 OS for the BlackBerry Pearl and Curve devices available for download. This update includes MMS support, improved email layout, local search, improved music management and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Files Edit.

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Orange to Launch Pay As You Go BlackBerry Internet Service in the UK

Orange is bringing the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to its Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers. To take advantage of the Orange PAYG BlackBerry smartphone offer, customers must first purchase the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for £145, which is exclusive to Orange in indigo. They can then choose one of Orange’s existing PAYG Animal packages, offering a [...]

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GPS Unlocked on Verizon Wireless’s BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Pearl

Not sure if this is an intentional release, a non-official firmware update has unlocked the built in GPS of BlackBerry 8330 Curve and BlackBerry 8130 Pearl. Quite a number of users on BGR blog post and Howardforums have reported positive on the unlocked GPS. The GPS is said to be working with 4.5 OS but not [...]

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T-Mobile USA to offer BlackBerry Pearl 8120 in 3 new colors

T-Mobile offers its popular BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in three new colors – black emerald, indigo, and frost. The new colors are available nationwide now for US$149.99 with two year service agreement.

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BlackBerry Pearl Gets Voice search Support on Google Maps for Mobile

Other than the new Googld Talk for Apple iPhone, Google Maps for mobile team has also announced a new voice search feature on its search application. The new feature is compatible with a select group of BlackBerry devices at the moment include BlackBerry Pearl 8110, 8120 and 8130 in US.

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AT&T Launches the GPS-Enabled Blackberry Pearl 8110 Smartphone

AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone, which includes built-in global positioning system (GPS) support for location-based applications and services. Combined with navigation and mapping applications such as AT&T Navigator, the handset provides turn-by-turn voice and on-screen directions. AT&T Navigator also alerts users through voice and on-screen prompts [...]

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The AT&T Branded GPS BlackBerry Pearl 8110 Coming Soon

BoyGeniusReport has obtained images of the upcoming AT&T Branded BlackBerry Pearl 8110. According to the source, the phone will be available in one or two months time. The 8110 will have integrated GPS receiver, but might not come with integrated WiFi.

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