BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 review

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BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 – business phone
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 82200 is a fantastic business and personal Smartphone which is compact due it being a flip designed mobile phone. The stylish Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone comprises two display screens, the external TFT LCD screen will allow the user to view information without even opening the handset, whilst the large 2.6 inch TFT LCD internal display screen enables the user to view more in depth information such as the internet, emails and much much more. The internal display screen displays up to 65k colours with screen resolutions of 240 x 320 pixels allowing for bright and colourful images to the user. The Flip 8220 also features a Trackball navigation key enabling the user to flit between features and allowing the user to that with ease and manageability. The handset supports SureType software and with a full QWERTY keypad the user can enjoy the benefits of entering a large amount of text input. With a full charge up of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone the user can expect to gain up to 4 hours of talk time and up to 336 hours of standby time. The Pearl Flip 8220 is a great sized mobile phone with measurements of 101mm x 50mm x 17.5mm and weighs a very respectable 102g considering all the technologies that are featured on this handset.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Internet & Connectivity
The user can enjoy the benefit of surfing the internet on their Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone whilst being totally mobile. The handset operates on HTML and a RIM Wireless Modem web browsing technologies enabling the user to gain access to the internet with speed and absolute ease and also to connect up wirelessly. The user can also enjoy the benefits of other technologies which include GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi for not only a superb quality of service but a speedy one for instance speedy data file transfers and fast connections. The Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone operates on a Quad-band network and covers GSM-850/900/1800/1900 enabling the user to use the roaming facility whilst away abroad. Connecting the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone to other compatible devices is simple and straight-forward as the technologies used to this are the Bluetooth with A2DP and the USB connectors.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Music Entertainment
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip will enable the user to keep them self fully entertained with the built-in music/media player system. The handset features built-in speakers and a microphone so the user can record sound clips and play it back through the integrated speakers. The user can make their very stylish Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone sound unique with the users personal choice of a ring-tone, and the ring-tones provided on the Flip include MP3 tones, Polyphonic and MIDI ring-tones. The Pearl Flip 8220 also comes equipped with 128 mega-bytes of of flash memory plus the support to add a MicroSD memory card allowing the user to increase memory by up to a massive 8 gigabytes of memory which provide a huge amount storage space for all the users needs.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Camera & Imagery
The user can take personal snap shots on the their BlackBerry Flip as the handset features a built-in 2 mega-pixel camera feature that comes with a Flash and Zoom function plus a dedicated camera key enabling the user to operate and manage the camera with ease. The user can also record video footage on their Flip mobile phone and the Video Player feature the user watch back instantly what they have just recorded. The user can also change the look of their handset with the screen savers and picture wallpapers features.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Messaging Services
The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 mobile phone comes a great selection of messaging services for the user to enjoy using. The services include SMS, MMS (multi-media messaging), Instant Messaging, Predictive Text input – which allows the user to write a text message in quicker time and Wireless Emailing Attachments which is to be expected as the the Pearl Flip mobile phone is built to be used as a business tool as well as a personal asset.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Gaming & Application Tools
The user can enjoy playing games on their BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone as the handset comes equipped with a choice of Embedded and Downloadable games and will also allow the user to cater to their own individual gaming taste.
Now the application tools provided on this stylish mobile phone really will benefit the user with their work related commitments, as the handset comes complete with a Document Viewer- Word, Excel, PDF and Powerpoint, BlackBerry Maps, Document Editor, a Keypad Lock and the user can also add a Security Password if they choose to. All these tools and features and much much more come available on this desirable mobile phone.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - Summary
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 mobile phone is a fantastic looking mobile with superb features and technologies packed solid into it. The user can really carry out their work related uses on this handset as well as the day to day personal uses as it is all wrapped into the one handset.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 specification
- 2 Mega-pixel Camera with Flash, Zoom & Camera Keys
- Video Recorder & Video Player & video Clip
- Screensavers & Wallpapers
- 2.6 inch internal TFT LCD display with 65k colours & 320 x 240 pixels
- External TFT LCD Display with 160 x 128 pixels
- Media player with Microphone & built-in Speakers
- Polyphonic, MIDI & MP3 Ringtones
- SMS, MMS & Instant messaging
- Wireless Email with attachments
- Predictive text messaging
- Downloadable Games & Built-in Games
- Personal organiser with Phonebook, calendar, Calculator, Alarm Clock, Memo Pad, Task list & TrackBall
- QWERTY Keyboard, Keyboard Backlight & SureType® Keyboard software
- Blackberry Maps™
- Document viewer with Excel, Word, PDF & PowerPoint & Document Editor
- Keypad lock with security password protection
- 128 Megabytes of Flash memory with MicroSD™ memory card slot for up to 8 Gigabytes
- Bluetooth® with A2DP, WiFi, 3G HSDPA & USB Connectivity
- EDGE & GPRS Technology
- Quad band 1900, 1800 GSM, 900 GSM & 850 GSM Networks
- HTML Web browser & RIM® wireless Modem
- Talk time 4 hrs
- Standby 336 hrs
- Size 17.5 x 50 x 101mm
- Weight 102 grams
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