While most of us associate Blackberrys with wide bodied, brick like handsets, RIM seems desperate to change that notion. That is precisely why we now see gorgeous, compact handsets like the Curve 8900 and the Storm which seem to have become style statements - at least in the US. So what we see here is the Indian launch of the Blackberry Flip 8220, which happens to be the first clamshell from the RIM stables.
If you thought the flip design has lessened the "Blackberry Effect" on the phone, be prepared to be surprised. It can do almost everything your "normal" blackberry can - except for that much needed QWERTY keyboard layout. Instead of that, what we have here is RIMs SureType input technology. The keys are still labelled in the QWERTY layout -- but will use shared keys, instead of dedicated ones.
On the multimedia front, it sports an expected 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom and not to mention, flash, video recording, stereo Bluetooth support wit A2DP, and an easily accessible expandable memory card slot for up to 16GB of additional storage. There is WiFi crammed in as well.
The phone is priced at Rs. 21, 990 and is now available at Airtel authorized channels nationally.
Source: Techtree.com
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