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The BlackBerry Kickstart, also known as the Pearl Flip, says it all. This is the first clamshell handset from Research in Motion, and functions just like its candybar brethren from the Pearl line, albeit in a totally different form factor. The external display is used to preview incoming texts, emails as well as phone calls. Other features of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip include :-

• Light sensing external LCD display
• 240 x 320 resolution internal LCD display
• MP3 playback support
• Speaker Independent Voice Recognition
• Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
• SureType QWERTY keyboard
• microSDHC memory card slot
• Wi-Fi connectivity with support for UMA

No idea on pricing, but it will hit the markets this fall.

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