14 DAY TRIAL // BlackBerry Pearl 8110, of which we first heard at the end of 2007, was officially released by Vodafone Spain and RIM, coming as one of the smallest and lightest smartphones to date and the first Pearl handset with built-in GPS.
Despite the fact that it measures 107 x 55 x 14 mm and weighs only 91 g, BlackBerry Pearl 8110 packs lots of goodies, starting with the GPS capabilities that, together with the Vodafone GPS Navigator, will provide quick searches for business locations and other points-of-interest as well as audible directions while driving. The handset also comes with a QWERTY SureType keyboard and the BlackBerry trackball navigation system to offer an excellent mobile experience. A 2 Megapixel camera with enhanced flash, 5x digital zoom and video capture support will allow users to take pictures at a decent quality and make clips at a maximum 240 x 180 resolution.
The feature list for the new BlackBerry goes on and unveils EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, Media player and Media manager, SIVR (Speaker Independent Voice Recognition) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), Document viewer (PDF, Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and microSD/SDHC card slot for up to 8GB of extra memory. Unfortunately, we have no 3G in this little Pearl, although many BlackBerry fans hoped for it. However, the other features that the device packs can still make it perfect for customers on the move.
Vodafone Spain offers the Pearl 8110 for 89 Euro (about $130), but only with a BlackBerry data plan and a "25 M?s" voice plan, so we should expect the smartphone to have a much higher retail price. There are no details about the future markets to get the BlackBerry Pearl 8110, but it will surely be available soon in other European countries as well as in North America.