T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® Pearl™, an unbelievably small, smart and stylish BlackBerry phone that's as perfect for staying close to your friends and family as it is for a busy day at work.

It is the ideal phone for the burgeoning consumer mobile email market, providing the sleekness and multimedia capabilities that consumers seek, while also staying true to the unique BlackBerry experience that people have come to love.

Available in the United States exclusively from T-Mobile beginning Tuesday, September 12, the BlackBerry Pearl is the sleekest BlackBerry yet at a mere 4.2” x 1.97” x .57” and weighing just 3.1 ounces.

The end-to-end BlackBerry wireless email solution continues to shine with support for both personal and corporate email accounts, allowing consumers to stay connected to family, friends and work at their convenience.

Web browsing is fast and easy thanks to the BlackBerry Pearl’s powerful device platform and T-Mobile’s fast EDGE network. Voice features and quality are first-rate and the BlackBerry Pearl incorporates a digital camera, multimedia capabilities and an expandable memory slot for the first time.

And, of course, ease-of-use remains a top priority. With such smoothly integrated support for phone, email, and an array of other mobile features, the BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile is an ideal mobile companion for staying connected to friends, family and life.

The new BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile USA includes:

• BlackBerry Internet Service™ - allows access to up to 10 personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts
• Popular instant messaging clients: AOL®, Yahoo!® MSN® and ICQ®
• 1.3 megapixel camera with 3 zoom levels (up to 5X) and built-in flash
• Multimedia player with stereo headset jack for MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video formats
• High performance HTML browser for visiting your favorite web sites while on the go
• A newly enhanced version of RIM’s popular SureType™ keyboard technology that makes typing email quick and easy
• An incredibly intuitive user interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated 'menu' and 'escape' keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast
• Intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding
• First-rate phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, speakerphone, and Bluetooth® support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support for international roaming
• BlackBerry Maps – a new application which adds mapping and location based services to the BlackBerry Pearl. BlackBerry Maps works together with other BlackBerry applications enabling users to send maps via email and launch maps from other applications, including contacts in your address book
• Support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones
• A large, ultra-bright 240x260 color display that brings images to life
• An innovative light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments
• 64MB built-in flash memory, expandable via MicroSD expansion slot
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server™ support – integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, IBM Lotus® Domino® and Novell GroupWise® environments and features a new set of IT policy controls for IT departments to administer camera and expansion memory settings.