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^{Maps from Navteq} Verizon launches first CDMA BlackBerry Pearl

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Smartphone Offers Voice, Data, Multimedia, Navigation and EV-DO Speed with Style.

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) announced the Nov. 3 online availability of the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 at www.verizonwireless.com.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Nov. 8. The world's first CDMA-enabled BlackBerry Pearl gives Verizon Wireless customers wireless broadband connectivity to the office while enabling them to stay connected with family, friends and colleagues.

The smartphone builds upon the BlackBerry Pearl design with new features and functionality to provide customers with powerful communications, rich multimedia and support for high-speed EV-DO networks.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 supports e-mail, messaging and built-in navigation capability.

The phone also has a 2.0 megapixel camera, with flash and 5x zoom, able to record video, built-in navigation to support the location-based application, VZ Navigator, developed by Networks in Motion, with map data provided by Navteq and an externally accessible microSD/SDHC memory card slot for additional storage up to 8 GB.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 will be available online and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in Circuit City, for USD 249.99 after a USD 50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

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