AT&T has become the latest wireless carrier to offer enterprise customers the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from Research In Motion. The svelte sapphire-blue smartphone, which features a built-in Wi-Fi radio, will give subscribers the broadest domestic and international wireless data coverage of any U.S. carrier, AT&T said.
“The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 combines AT&T’s leading domestic and international coverage footprint with its position as the world’s leading provider of BlackBerry services to create a compelling global solution for business customers,” said AT&T Vice President Michael Woodward.
A Triple Play
Measuring just 4.2×2.4×0.5 inches and tipping the scales at 3.2 ounces, AT&T’s Blackberry Pearl is equipped with a 240×260-pixel 65K-color display, a two-megapixel camera/camcorder, a multimedia player, and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot. The Pearl also makes a triple play with EDGE and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) radios and a Bluetooth 2.0 chipset for wirelessly connecting to compatible stereo headsets, car kits, and other accessories.
The smartphone offers RIM’s popular BlackBerry e-mail and messaging capabilities along with the company’s SureType word-completion software, a built-in spell checker and a user-customized dictionary. The Pearl also offers support for AT&T’s Mobile Music subscription and unlimited Push to Talk services. In addition, the Pearl can deliver simultaneous access to both data and voice calls whenever the user is connected to a public hot spot, corporate wireless network or home Wi-Fi network.
RIM’s Pearl, which is available to AT&T’s business customers for as low as $199, also keeps overseas travelers connected to e-mail, Internet access and other mobile applications through data services in more than 145 countries, AT&T said. It added that Pearl users will be able to make or receive voice calls in more than 200 nations.
Full Steam Ahead
The Pearl’s adoption by carriers in more than 20 countries since March 2007 is a strong indication that the popularity of RIM’s…