Research in Motion's first flip phone is the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220. T-Mobile announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip a few days earlier than expected, placing the phone for sale on its website on October 13, 2008.ZDNet: T-Mobile BlackBerry Flip 8220 now available (October 13, 2008)

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is the first BlackBerry to sport a clamshell design. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10036487-51.html These clamshell designs are a spin off from the Star Trek original communicator.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_(form) Many the smartphone features open up the world for communication , fun and practical applications.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features include maps, video recording, email, instant messaging and mobile streaming. This smartphone is light in weight but heavy in design. It uses an innovative keyboard with large keys that allow you to type accurately and quickly. A bright 160x120 display is clear and sharp under all conditions. Browsing the web, watching video listening to your music all is in full view.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 offers the outstanding e-mail support that Black Berry is known for in the smartphone world. The flip mechanism is a smooth and provides a secure locking action.

As a smartphone it measures 3.9 inches high by 1.9 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and weighs 3.6 ounces. In addition to an attachment viewer that opens popular file formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect, PDF, JPEG, GIF, and more, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 also comes preloaded with DataViz Documents To Go, so you can now edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files as well. Other PIM applications on the smartphone include a Calendar, a task list, a memo pad, a voice recorder, a calculator, and more.http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/rim-blackberry-pearl-flip/4505-6452_7-33246592.html

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 that was previously known as the BlackBerry Kickstart is part of RIM's proprietary multi-tasking operating system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry This network allows the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 all of the benefits of high security in a highly praised private network. The Blackberry Flip 8220 is good looking, functional smartphone.