About the BlackBerry Pearl

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Series:

The BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphone is one of the world’s smallest smartphones and packs all of the power you expect from a BlackBerry® smartphone. It comes complete with advanced phone features, multimedia, digital camera, video recording, built-in GPS* and expandable memory. And it offers the full BlackBerry® experience—email, browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), instant messaging, organizer applications and more. Small, smart and stylish.

The BlackBerry Pearl smartphone is small enough to take anywhere. It’s the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.

About RIM

Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including e-mail, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM).

Features At A Glance

The BlackBerry Pearl At A Glance
Size (LxWxD)	4.2” x 2” x .57”/107 mm x 50 mm x 14.5 mm
Weight (battery included)	3.16 oz/89.5g
Memory	64 MB flash memory
Expandable memory	Micro SD (amount of storage is determined by card capacity)
Display	High resolution (240×260) portrait TFT color display.  Supports over 65,000 colors
Camera	Snap and send with a 1.3 MP camera with flash, self portrait mirror, zoom
Keyboard	SureType QWERTY keyboard with SureType software
Dedicated Keys	Send key, End/Power key, Mute key, Left programmable convenience key (Preprogrammed as VAD), Right programmable convenience key (Preprogrammed as Camera), Volume/Zoom key
Navigation	Trackball, ESC key, Menu key
User Interface	Intuitive icons, menus and flow
Notification	Tone, vibrate, on-screen or LED indicator.  Notification options are user configurable
Ringtones	Polyphonic – MP3, MIDI
Voice Input/Output	Integrated earpiece and microphone, hands-free headset, integrated speakerphone
Bluetooth®	Bluetooth v2.0; headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported
Headset	Stereo headset capable
Battery Life	15 days standby and 3.5 hours talk time
Quad-Band	850/900/1800/1900 Mhz GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks
Media Player	Supported audio formats: MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eACC+. Supported video formats: MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.263
Attachment Viewing	Yes
Full HTML Web browsing	Yes

• It’s a first-rate phone with Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones, speakerphone, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, call forwarding and Bluetooth® support for hands-free use with headsets and car kits.

• It delivers the popular and proven BlackBerry experience that users have come to know and love.

• It is incredibly sleek and exceptionally powerful – small enough to take anywhere and powerful enough to handle all of your communication and information needs.  It’s the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.

• It is incredibly easy-to-navigate with a new and intuitive trackball navigation system.

• It is the first BlackBerry to offer a camera with built-in flash and zoom – just snap and send. It’s easier than ever to share pictures with your friends and family right away via email, MMS and BlackBerry Messenger.

• It features a large, ultra-bright 240×260 color display that brings images to life.  Its innovative light sensing technology automatically adjusts screen and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments.

• Enjoy all the power of BlackBerry media player – now you can listen to your favorite songs while browsing the web or reading an email, all from a single (small) device.

• It supports a micro SD card allowing lots of storage space for pictures, ringtones, audio and video files, and other third party data.

• It supports EDGE and features the highly optimized BlackBerry wireless platform, allowing fast performance for web browsing and other applications.

• It features RIM’s popular SureType™ keyboard technology that makes typing amazingly quick and easy on such a small handset.

• It’s easy to stay on top of important personal and work communications with the ability to access up to ten personal or work email accounts such as Yahoo!® and Microsoft® Exchange.

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