New Delhi, Jan 06: Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) on Wednesday will announce the launch of BlackBerry Pearl Flipsmartphone in India, priced at Rs 21,990, expanding the choice for the users.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone allows easy
typing and dialing. The smartphone's external display offers
previewing calendar reminders, email, text messages and phone
calls.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a powerful, compact
smartphone equipped to deliver a wide range of applications,
said Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services,
Airtel.
The combination of RIMs powerful mobile email solution
and rich multimedia capabilities, together with support for
text messaging, picture messaging, enhanced Web browsing and
built-in Wi-Fi, makes the BlackBerry Pearl Flip ideal for
balancing a busy lifestyle, a press release said.
Customers can easily share pictures, check the latest
sports scores and post on social networking sites, including
Facebook, YouTube and MySpace, it added.
This innovative smartphone offers the full power of the
BlackBerry platform with advanced communications and
multimedia features in a new handset design that is fun and
stylish, said Frenny Bawa, Vice-President, India, Research
In Motion.
Together with Airtel, we are very pleased to
expand the choice of BlackBerry smartphones in India with the
new BlackBerry Pearl Flip.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, January 06, 2009, 00:00