“The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone in the world and we expect a broad range of new and existing customers will be drawn to its powerful features and compact design,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. “Considering the fast growing consumer interest in smartphones and the fact that more than three-quarters of the people in the global mobile phone market are still buying handsets with a traditional alphanumeric keypad, we think the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G addresses a substantial market opportunity. It allows consumers to upgrade their traditional mobile phone to a full-featured, easy-to-use and fashionable 3G BlackBerry smartphone that supports BlackBerry Messenger and many other apps while maintaining a handset design and layout that is familiar and comfortable.” [Press Release]
The new Pearl will come in several different colors and have two keypads. The 9100 will have the 20-key SureType qwerty keypad seen on previous Pearls, and the 9105 will feature a first for RIM, a 12-key standard keypad. This should reach out to a whole new niche of people who would like to have all the great features of BlackBerry, but don't want to commit to a new style of keypad.
The other main features of the phone are as follows:
- 3.2 Megapixel camera with flash, video recording, and autofocus
- 3G and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n capability
- 256 MB internal memory
- OS 5.0
- Dedicated media player buttons
- Up to 32GB expandable memory
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