Vivo, the Brazilian mobile operator, together with RIM announced the release of BlackBerry Pearl 8110. There will be two color versions of the 8110, Pink and Titanium. RIM said in a press release that the Pink was intended to answer the mobile needs of Brazilian women, who seem to be more and more interested in smartphones.
The Pearl 8110 can be bought for 299 Brazilian reais (about 180 US dollars or 116 Euros), but only with Vivo’s Escolha 650 plan, plus the BlackBerry Internet Service unlimited data package.
BlackBerry Pearl 8110 also compatible with Vivo’s “Co-Piloto” navigation service, which provides audible turn-by-turn driving directions, points-of-interest searching and animated 3D color maps. Co-Piloto was currently covers 150 Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Brasilia, Porto Alegre etc. But the service is not free, they should to pay 17.90 reais for every month you want to use it.
Pearl 8110 specs:
A 2.0 Megapixel camera with flash and video recording, GPS, 240 x 260 pixel screen with 65k color support, QWERTY SureType keyboard, trackball navigation system, Media player, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.5mm audio jack, email, Instant Messaging, HTML browser, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF), BlackBerry Desktop Software, voice-activated dialing capability, USB, 1GB microSD card pre-installed, measures 107 x 50 x 14 millimeters and weighs 91 grams.
Right now the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 isn’t listed yet on Vivo’s official site, but maybe you can get it on the carrier’s retail stores.
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