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There are a couple sweet official OS updates for you for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 and the BlackBerry Bold 9000.
Download the official OS 4.6.0.278 for the Pearl Flip 8220 from Indosat.
While CSL Limited has already released OS 4.6.0.477 for the Bold, this version comes from Rogers. Some people just trust their own carrier more.
Download: OS 4.6.0.282 for the Bold 9000 from Rogers.
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A Victoria, BC couple were shocked to discover sexually explicit videos on their newly purchased BlackBerry Pearl Flip.
“It’s pornography. There’s no question about it,” said Wade Greenwood about the “very explicit” content he found.
Greenwood was looking at options on his new BlackBerry Flip Monday when he came across two videos showing sexual acts. He found several photographs of strangers on the phone and called Bell. Then on Monday evening, he found a pair of one-minute explicit videos. The phone’s history indicates they were downloaded on April 23, before he bought it.
I can’t help but wonder if whoever put those videos on the phone was looking for some viral celeb status. In any case, I hope they wiped the device – both for data and anything else that might be on the phone.
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The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 for Verizon has been announced! You’ll be able to pick it up for the low, low price $129.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract on June 19th. You can expect a 2.0 megapixel camera, SureType keyboard, and support for 16 GB memory cards. More details? It’s all here. Anyone gonna camp out for this?
There is a rumor going around that the BlackBerry Apex will be announced at WES 2009 in Orlando Florida. The device will be a CDMA version of the Pearl Flip 8230 with EVDO.
The Pearl Flip was a great device that I personally used for quite some time. Although it doesn’t appeal to many people, the flip factor is very popular and it makes sense for RIM to have at least 1 of these devices. My guess is that we’re seeing greater sales than many BlackBerry enthusiasts would have expected, due to the high number of consumers buying BlackBerry devices these days.
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The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is now available on Alltel. The phone is available for $79.99 to Alltel’s 2.2 million customers in 91 markets that it services.
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Today TELUS is adding one more smartphone to its 3G line-up with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8320. RIM’s first flip smartphone available in black or in a pink version only available at TELUS. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip from TELUS offers the same user friendly features – email, Internet, etc – and reliability that BlackBerry users appreciate, in a compact and smart package. This stylish device with a flip is packed with great multimedia functionalities and two high resolution screens that make it fun and easy to keep in touch with family and friends – by email, text message or phone – browse the Web, capture life’s best moments in photo or video or listen to the latest tracks. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip from TELUS is available with TELUS Navigator, TELUS mobile music, TELUS mobile TV, TELUS mobile radio, Facebook and more.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8320 is available from TELUS for as little as $49.99 on a three-year contract or $449.99 without a contract. For more information about TELUS products and services, visit www.telus.com.
{Press release) Bell is now offering the BlackBerry Pearl Flip along with access to Bell’s Unlimited NHL bundle.
The Unlimited NHL bundle features live audio for all NHL games, live video for select games, game highlights from all games, personalized alerts, unlimited NHL themed downloads and much more. Bell is encouraging clients to personalize their phone by including a free phone cover (skin) branded in their choice of favourite NHL team and a 2 GB Micro SD card preloaded with original NHL video clips.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip from Bell supports popular services like GPS Nav with turn-by-turn directions and traffic updates, picture and video messaging to send and receive text messages with audio, video and picture attachments as well as several social networking services and applications such as Windows Live Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, Bebo and MySpace to keep clients connected. The Pearl Flip from Bell also features the fully integrated Bell Media Player through which clients can access industry leading mobile multi-media services like Live TV, Video Clips and Mobile and commercial-free radio.
Like other BlackBerrys, the Pearl Flip allows users to synchronize work or personal email accounts, contact lists and calendars.
The Pearl Flip, available from Bell in solid black or two-tone black and pink, features two high resolution displays allowing users to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. The Pearl Flip also features full HTML web browsing, a 2MP camera with flash and zoom, an expandable memory up to 32GB and SureType QWERTY keyboard.
Until March 31, the 3G BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip smartphone is available nationally for as little as $29.95 on a three-year contract.
Our fellow Canadian droogs over at MobileSyrup have uncovered a black and white image of some upcoming BlackBerrys on the Bell network. Ignore the ugly Palm device on the left and you will see Black and Pink versions of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. The image also displays a launch date of March 6th, but no pricing information. However, I think it’s reasonable to expect a ‘less-than-$100′ pricetag, or possibly even free, with a 3-year contract.
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The first BlackBerry smartphone to come in the popular flip form factor
Istanbul, Turkey, and Waterloo, Ontario – Turkcell and Research In Motion today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for customers in Turkey. The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone harnesses the power of the BlackBerry platform and packs a wide range of useful features into a sleek flip design. Its spacious keyboard allows easy typing and dialing and the flip design opens to a large, vibrant internal display, and provides the satisfying finality of ending a call by closing the phone. Customers will also appreciate the smartphone’s external display for previewing calendar reminders, email, text messages and phone calls at a glance.
Please visit www.turkcell.com.tr for other BlackBerry options or call +90 444 0532 for additional information.
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features
Malaysia’s leading operator also lowers the BlackBerry service package price
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s leading mobile operator, Maxis Communications Berhad, and Research In Motion today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone in the country. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature the popular “clamshell” or “flip” design. It builds on the success of the original BlackBerry Pearl series and offers phone enthusiasts a new fun and stylish choice.
Matthew Willsher, Maxis Chief Marketing Officer said, “Today, we are extremely excited to bring our customers the next level of mobile communications with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip, a great-looking phone and so much more. It has a design that people are comfortable with and will enjoy using for voice calls, multimedia applications, text and email messaging and Internet browsing. This innovative phone is the ideal choice for first time BlackBerry smartphone users, and we hope it will encourage our retail customers to enjoy the freedom of accessing their emails, communications and multimedia needs on the go.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone is available at all 29 Maxis Centres nationwide at RM1,199, if purchased with a Value 150 postpaid plan and a BlackBerry service package that comes with a 24-month contract. Without a contract, it retails at RM1,999. For more information, visit www.maxis.com.my.
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