A new variant of the ever-popular BlackBerry phone has hit the market. Thanks to RIM and T-mobile USA, fans of the award-winning phone in the United States can now get their hands on the new white BlackBerry Pearl.

"The BlackBerry Pearl has set the bar for combining the functionality of a full-featured BlackBerry phone and the ultimate in style, all at an affordable price," said Mike Butler, Chief Marketing Officer, T-Mobile USA. "Now, the white BlackBerry Pearl provides our customers with another effortless, yet stylish, option to stay connected with loved ones."

Features of the BlackBerry Pearl include the following:

• Access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts through the BlackBerry Internet Service
• AOL, Yahoo! MSN and ICQ support
• 1.3 megapixel camera with 3 zoom levels (up to 5X) and built-in flash
• Multimedia player with stereo headset jack with support for MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.263 video formats
• High-performance HTML browser
• Newly enhanced version of RIM’s popular SureType™ keyboard technology
• Smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, and call forwarding
• Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, speakerphone, and Bluetooth support
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE network support
• BlackBerry Maps – a new application which adds mapping and location-based services to the BlackBerry Pearl
• Polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tone support
• 240x260 color display
• Innovative light-sensing technology
• 64MB built-in flash memory, expandable via microSD expansion slot
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server support