“Rogers Wireless is proud to add the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to our extensive lineup of BlackBerry phones, and especially to our innovative Home Calling Zone service, a Canadian first,” said John Boynton, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. “With the UMA-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120, not only will our customers have the benefits of RIM’s world-renowned push email solution, they can also experience the flexibility and convenience using their BlackBerry phone for both home and away, with Rogers Home Calling Zone.”

“In addition to Wi-Fi connectivity for both voice and data, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone offers rich multimedia features and the industry’s leading mobile messaging capabilities in an amazingly compact and stylish design,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. “The Rogers Home Calling Zone service adds another valuable dimension to the customer experience and helps make the new BlackBerry Pearl 8120 an ideal phone for both personal and business use.”

Available in an attractive titanium-coloured finish, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone from Rogers features:

- An ultra-sleek design measuring 107mm x 50mm x 14mm and weighing approximately 91 grams

- Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) with support for Rogers Home Calling Zone service

- 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash and video recording capability

- Advanced media player perfect for pictures, music and videos, and support for High Speed USB 2.0 for quickly transferring files between a PC and the smartphone

- An externally accessible microSD/SDHC expandable memory slot for additional storage (8GB microSDHC cards are now available)

- Support for downloading music directly from the Rogers MusicStore

- The Rogers Do More portal enabling access to a variety of mobile applications for business and personal use

- Instant messaging with BlackBerry(R) Messenger, Google(R) Talk and Yahoo!(R) Messenger

- Support for the Facebook(R) for BlackBerry(R) Smartphones application, which enables fast, streamlined and optimized mobile access to the popular Facebook social utility

- DataViz(R) Documents to Go(R) allowing users to edit Word and PowerPoint files on the handset

- An enhanced visual interface that makes text and web pages more visually appealing

- Premium phone features including enhanced noise cancellation to offset background noise, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth(R) (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals

- SureType(TM) keyboard system, including new word completion and spell check features

- BlackBerry(R) Desktop Manager software, which includes Roxio(R) Media Manager for BlackBerry(R), a powerful media manager application that allows users to easily manage media files on their computer and transfer them to the smartphone

- BlackBerry(R) Internet Service support that allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts

- BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server support for enterprise deployments with advanced security and IT controls

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from Rogers Wireless also comes with a variety of in-box accessories including stereo headset, travel charger and 1GB microSD memory card.

Rogers Home Calling Zone

With Rogers Home Calling Zone, customers can use the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to make unlimited voice calls, when in their home calling zone. For $15 per month customers can make unlimited local calls, or for $20 per month customers can make unlimited local and Canada-wide long distance calls. Calls seamlessly transfer between UMA and cellular networks, and calls originating over UMA do not count against a customer’s monthly allotment of voice minutes.

Pricing & Availability

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 retails for $249.99 with activation on any combination of 3 year voice plan and 3 year BlackBerry data plan from Rogers. Some conditions apply.