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Blackberry Pearl 8130

Professionals and businessmen now have the option for another high-end smart phone from RIM. The Blackberry Pearl 8130 is the addition to RIM’s line up of smart phones. This phone will be sold under Sprint Nextel Corp. in November. This is perfect for professionals because of the modern features it has. The major features are the TV, music and navigation factors. Through this phone it is possible for the user to access more than 50 live channels as long they subscribe to the Sprint TV service. There’s also the Sprint Music Store where users can download music to their phone. RIM and Sprint understood the importance of a device that can point out important locations that is why they have integrated a GPS technology in the Blackberry Pearl 8130. GPS includes 3D maps, Blackberry Maps and traffic alerts.

Some of the other features of the Blackberry Pearl 8130 are:

• 2-megapixel camera
• External memory card
• Noise cancellation technology
• Stereo Bluetooth
• 240 x 260 pixels color display
• Suretype keypad
• Trackball navigation

However, Sprint is not yet disclosing the price for this smart phone, though it will already be available next month.