The BlacBerry Pearl 8100 is a fashionable smartphone that does most things very well but lacking on some high-end features. Now RIM will be launching a new Pearl through Rogers that has GPS built-in, a feature that many business and non-business users find increasingly important in cell phones.
The 8110 connects to GSM networks. It retains the original features of the 8100 like the 2 megapixel camera with video capture and audio/video multimedia support. Now with GPS, the bestselling form factor of the Pearl is more desirable than ever. Available from Rogers at $249.99 with a plan.
Complete specs after the jump.
An ultra-sleek design measuring 107mm x 50mm x 14mm and weighing
91 grams
- Built-in GPS with BlackBerry(R) Maps and support for TeleNav(R)
GPS Navigator, which provides audible turn-by-turn directions
- A 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and built-in flash
- Video capture capability, allowing users to record video at up to
15 fps (frames per second)
- Premium phone features including enhanced noise cancellation to
offset background noise, a low-distortion speakerphone, and
Bluetooth(R) (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car
kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
- SureType(TM) keyboard technology, now including word completion and
spell checker
- An advanced media player, perfect for listening to music and watching
videos; also allows playlists to be created directly on the handset
- A 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, support for the Bluetooth stereo audio
profile (A2DP/AVRCP), and dedicated volume controls
- An externally accessible microSD/SDHC expandable memory slot for
additional storage (8GB microSD/SDHC cards are now available on the
market)
- Support for downloading music directly to the smartphone through
Rogers MusicStore
- Instant Messaging with BlackBerry(R) Messenger, Google(R) Talk and
Yahoo!(R) Messenger pre-loaded
- Easy access to the Facebook(R) for BlackBerry(R) Smartphones
application, enabling fast, streamlined and optimized mobile access
to the popular Facebook social utility
- Ability to download applications such as Spinvox (convert voice
messages to text) and Yahoo! Go (access sports, weather,
entertainment news and upload and view pictures on Flickr)
- Easy access to Texas Hold'em, the first subscription-based community
game for BlackBerry users
- An enhanced visual interface; emails, calendar entries, and web pages
are even more visually appealing
- BlackBerry(R) Desktop Manager software, which includes Roxio(R) Media
Manager for BlackBerry(R), a powerful media manager application that
allows users to easily search for media files on their computer, view
and organize them, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags
and album art, create playlists and copy or convert pictures, music
and videos for optimal playback
- Support for High Speed USB, allowing users to transfer music, videos,
pictures and other files from their computer onto the handset at
speeds of up to 10 MB/sec.
- BlackBerry(R) Internet Service support that allows access to up to
10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most
popular ISP email accounts
- BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server support for enterprise deployments,
enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM(R)
Lotus(R) Domino(R), Microsoft(R) Exchange and Novell(R) GroupWise(R)
environments.