RIM Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone Unveiled at Show

The premier fall cell-phone industry show, the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show in San Francisco, is long on data services this year and short on brand new handsets. Aside from some expected Apple iPhone-killers, there are some new cell phone designs that you need to know about, the most important being the new phone just announced by Research In Motion(RIM Quote).

The first BlackBerry flip phone -- the Pearl Flip -- will go on sale later this year at T-Mobile. It is included in our CTIA photo gallery here.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 lives up to its flip nickname. It looks and acts like the standard Blackberry Pearl -- with a two-letters-per-key keypad. Only this new design has a flip-down cover for the big screen and a second screen on the outside of the flip which shows you the current time, previews messages and displays incoming phone numbers. ...