BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
Release year: 2008
Launch price: 227 € November 2008
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is a QuadBand smartphone with BlackBerry OS operating system and extended SureType QWERTY keyboard that makes writing messages or e-mails easier and faster, with advanced functions, able to offer the latest technologies to make communication simpler, from voice functions to those for data transmission. Featuring BlackBerry Maps which quickly provides maps and detailed directions to follow, it is one of the smallest and lightest smartphones on the market. It is equipped with exceptional features including a 2 MP camera with which videos can be recorded, a MP3/WMA/AAC+ Media player, DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp Video player, memory expandable up to 8Gb, Instant Messaging, Email and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g connectivity. In addition, it has the DataViz Document to Go software preloaded on the smartphone and allows the editing of Word, Excel and Power Point files directly from the device.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 101.1 x 50 x 17.5 mm |
| Weight with battery | 102 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 900 mAh |
| Standby time | 336 h |
| Talk time | 4 h |
| Operating system | BlackBerry OS |
| Special edition |  |
In the box: Battery, user manual and charger
Messaging
| SMS | |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging |  |
| Chat | |
Design and display
| Display | Large color display: 240 x 320 pixels with 65535 colors. QWERTY keyboard |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 65K |
| Display size | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Design notes: It has a sophisticated look, a refined design and a chrome frame surrounding an elegant luminous dial.
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Memory | Expandable with microSD (TransFlash), microSDHC |
Feature notes: Speaker Independent Voice recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), mp3 tone support and intuitive calling features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding, voice mail attachment playback.
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 2 MP |
| Image resolution | 1600x1200 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
Price history
227 € → 161 € (-29%) · minimum 156 €, maximum 227 € · 81 readings, Nov 2008 – Jul 2015