Mobile users who prefer the flip phone design will be glad to note that Cellular South has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone from RIM. This new sleek designed phone comes in a chrome-finished frame and packed with a lot of great features.

It features two high-resolution light-sensing color displays, the external LCD makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. The large, 240 x 320 pixel internal LCD displays messages, videos and web pages with impressive detail and contrast.

Features:

• Support for BlackBerry App World, which provides quick access to applications developed for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 in categories that include entertainment, games, social networking and sharing, music and video, productivity and utilities and travel.
• A large SureType QWERTY keyboard
• Support for Cellular South’s super fast high-speed wireless broadband data network
• Intuitive user interface with trackball navigation
• Built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps preloaded plus support for location based applications and services
• A 2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording*
• Full HTML web browser
• An advanced media player for pictures, videos and music and support for BlackBerry Media Sync, which makes it easy to sync iTunes or Windows Media Player digital music collections with the smartphone
• An expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports cards up to 16 GB in size
• Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone is available today for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement and two-year data contract.

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When it comes to searching for the right type of business or industry, the only reliable thing you can do is how they are rated. It is something similar to social bookmarking but focused on the business industry. And thanks to Superpages, a new app that allows users to give them random business a “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” can really be a big help.

The new application is the Superpages Mobile BlackBerry Storm which allows users to rank and provide reviews for specific businesses. With over 17 million U.S. based businesses, this is certainly a great app you can count on to whittle down your selection.

Search by keyword or choose popular categories — like automotive, entertainment, restaurants, services and stores — and view as much or as little information as you like. Use the scroll bar at the top of the search results to minimize or expand business information. Go from business name and number to full business address and services to viewing search results on a map.

The Superpages.com BlackBerry Storm application is free and available in the BlackBerry Store. A version for the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Pearl will be coming to the BlackBerry Store soon.

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Bloggers and people caught up in the social networking addiction get a big boost with the release of Cellspin for the latest BlackBerry smartphones to its fully featured live multimedia mobile blogging software.

CellSpin is now available inside BlackBerry App World for the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold smartphones, as well as the BlackBerry Curve and Blackberry Pearl series smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM).

CellSpin is a one-click live mobile blogging application for capturing images, audio, video and text, and then publishing them to one or many of a user’s favorite Blogging, social networking, photo sharing and auction sites simultaneously.

Features:

• Video blogging
• Voice blogging
• Photo blogging
• Text blogging
• Send Free Voice Emails
• Use select media button to post pre-existing media from your device
• Record audio notes and conversations
• Securely post audio, photos, and text to live eBay auctions
• Podcast with a click of a button
• Share media on CellSpin’s community blogs

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Cincinnati shifts operations into high gear with the launch of the Blackberry Curve 8900 and Blackberry Pearl Flip 8820 smartphones from RIM in their phone lineup. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry handset in the market today, and the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is the first smartphone in RIM’s portfolio to come in the popular flip form.

Both smartphones feature advanced multimedia and communication capabilities including built-in Wi-Fi, which is compatible with Cincinnati Bell’s Fusion WiFi service.

“Consumer demand for style, function, and ease of use in smartphones continues to gain momentum, and the sleek, powerful BlackBerry Curve 8900 and BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 offer winning combinations on all fronts,” said Tim Bracken, director of consumer wireless for Cincinnati Bell. “We are excited to offer these best-in-class BlackBerry smartphones and believe they will appeal to a broad range of customers.”

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Photobucket is familiar to us as an online host for standalone photos and as a video sharing site. The problem is, to be able to upload such files, PC access via the Internet is needed. However today, a new interface that allows T-Mobile phone owners to upload their photos has been announced.

Photobucket announced the availability of an innovative mobile photo service exclusively for T-Mobile that enables users to send photos directly from mobile handsets to several destinations: a Photobucket album, a PC hard drive, or an email address.

To utilize the application, T-Mobile subscribers can download the application for a free 21-day trial to select handsets, including Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl and three Windows Mobile devices. T-Mobile subscribers that do not currently have a Photobucket account can create one for free at http://photobucket.com, and then link their T-Mobile phone to their Photobucket online photo album via the new service.

Once the mobile uploader software has been downloaded, the application allows users to choose where photos taken from their mobile phones should be automatically uploaded to: a Photobucket album, their PC’s hard drive or directly to an email address.

The Photobucket Mobile Uploader for T-Mobile is available initially on five select handsets in both free and premium versions. Following the 21-day trial, users can continue using the free version or purchase the full software for a special holiday one-time purchase price of $19.99.

The expired trial version allows users to upload only to Photobucket, while the premium version gives users access to Photobucket, as well as the ability to send photos to their home PC or to any email address.

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One thing that any mobile phone owner would hate is missing a text message. The importance of text messages cannot be sorted out but regardless, generally putting them into practically the same degree of importance is what this new Blackberry software can do so you don’t have miss any of them again.

The application presents a simple, seamless solution that converts between text messages and e-mail so that BlackBerry smartphone users can read and reply to text messages as e-mails, both on their smartphone and when accessing their e-mail on a computer. The convenience of converting e-mail and text message communication allows users to work more efficiently and with greater ease.

“The addition of SMS2Desk into Cortado’s extensive portfolio of free services simply adds to the comfort and practicality of using mobile solutions,” says Roger Guerrero, Cortado Enterprise Sales Manager, North America. “Even when your smartphone is still in your pocket, SMS2Desk users can receive and answer text messages on their computer. Never miss a text message again!”

The SMS2Desk application is compatible with the following BlackBerry smartphones: BlackBerry 8700, BlackBerry Curve series, BlackBerry Pearl series, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Storm.

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With growing competition in the business sector from handsets such as Apple’s iPhone it would only make sense that RIM would then extend it’s phones elsewhere, which exactly what it is doing with the new Pearl 8220.

We had previously seen leaked imagery of the above phone but didn’t actually here much from RIM about it, regarding the US. We now know the phone’s first US carrier will be T-Mobile.

Some of the phone’s features include a Sure-type keyboard, a flip open screen (a first for RIM), a 2MP camera, and built in Wi-Fi. The 8220 won’t, however, be compaitble with the 3G network like it’s older brother, the Bold, but instead on the much slower EDGE networks.

There is no word on when we will see this phone or for how much but we will keep you posted.

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Are you waiting for some colored BlackBerries to arrive from your favorite Canadian carrier? Well Bell Mobility is going to add new colors to their BlackBerry Pearl and Curve.

The BlackBerry Pearl is supposed to arrive in White and Titanium, while the BlackBerry Curve 8330 in red. In case you want to buy either one of those three new colored berries, you have to wait a few more days until August 8th when they will be available. I’d advise against that though. After all the Bold and Thunder are around the corner.

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Wirefly, an online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless phone plans, has just released the result on their survey for the Top Ten Hottest Cell Phones for summer travelers. These are probably based on the phones used by tourists and travelers throughout summer.

The handsets that top the list are the BlackBerry Curve, Palm Centro and BlackBerry Pearl. This could be due to its functionality and connectivity options that are indeed far superior than the other phones in this category.

According to Wirefly, the Top 10 hottest cell phones for travel this summer are:

1. BlackBerry Curve 8310 –AT&T
2. Palm Centro – Sprint
3. LG Vu CU920 – AT&T
4. T-Mobile Dash –T-Mobile
5. BlackBerry Pearl 8120 – T-Mobile
6. Motorola i880 – Nextel
7. LG Rumor – Sprint
8. Motorola v3m RAZR – Verizon Wireless
9. LG Voyager VX10000 – Verizon Wireless
10. LG Scoop – Alltel

Maybe the main selling point for this summer is the GPS technology included in the phone’s features. With these phones, users will be able to track their position on a map; get information about nearby restaurants, shops and attractions; and, even receive turn-by-turn directions while on the road. All ten phones also have capable built-in cameras, so they will be prepared to capture any memorable moment.
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AT&T officially rolled out the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 last week. This Pearl model is geared towards multimedia and business functionalities. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 has a 240×260 pixels resolution display, 3.5-mm stereo headset jack, microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, media player, 2-megapixel camera with video recorder, and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connection. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is now available for $200 with a 2-year plan.

Check out the product page.

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