An EXCELLENT out-of-the-box review by our friend Julie at The Gadgeteer.

Check out the review here. Lots of great pics and detail put into this review. Thanks Julie!

Already have a BlackBerry Pearl and want to dress it up?

Be sure to visit the CrackBerry.com store. We have a huge collection of BlackBerry Pearl Accessories.

While you're there, definitely check out the new BlackBerry Pearl skins. They are made by BlackBerry, and are an absolute must have! Hot, Hot, HOT!!!

Last week rumors emerged that a new BlackBerry Pearl would soon be released. Today, those rumors were confirmed with an annoucement by RIM & AT&T that a new red hot BlackBerry Pearl will soon be hitting the market.

"The BlackBerry Pearl is a powerful and feature-rich phone and yet it is also amazingly small, elegant and easy-to-use," said Mike Woodward, executive director, mobile professional solutions, for AT&T. "Now the red BlackBerry Pearl provides our customers with another stunning choice for staying connected in their business and personal lives."

"The BlackBerry Pearl is a big hit with users because it looks as great as it performs," said Mark Guibert, vice president, corporate marketing, for Research In Motion. "We look forward to fueling the momentum of the BlackBerry Pearl in the market with the addition of another eye-catching color and finish."

If only they would put a prancing horse on it and use Ferrari's shade of red, this Formula 1 fan and BlackBerry abuser would be in Heaven!

Read the Full Press Release Here...

The latest rumors making the rounds are on the release of a new red BlackBerry in the very near future. Well, we have a blue, white, black and silver BlackBerry already so why not red. Personally, I am holding out for the champagne colored one. Pretentious? Moi?

Apparently, employees at Cingular have noticed a sales item on their new price lists indicating the price of a new Red 8100 Pearl Blackberry.

Although it looks like the color scheme was dreamed up by the European Vodaphone people.

After months of speculations, this is now official. The new BlackBerry Pearl will be available with T-Mobile beginning Tuesday, September 12. RIM even launched a dedicated site for the event, http://www.blackberrypearl.com

Front and Back View of New Pearl

The Pearl specifications are listed below:

• 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 240×260 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.

## This Article Was Originally Published on AllBlackBerry.com on September 7, 2006

We saw her at the Oscars this evening looking forlorn as she blabbed into her Blue BlackBerry Pearl hoping her ride would show up to take her to the ball. If we were her driver we wouldn't be keeping her waiting for anything. If we find an Academy Award pic we'll post it as soon as we can. In the meantime, here's a close up look at the powder blue Pearl. With Jessica attached at the Sundance Festival.