The idea? Imagine the perfect smartphone. Then make it a reality. The Blackberry Pearl 8100 smartphone, Designed to exceed all expectations.

Text above is an excerpt from the new Blackberrypearl.com site

RIM is officially introducing the new Pearl 8100 today. This is the much-anticipated new Blackberry with camera, multimedia capabilities, and a much sleeker appearance.

It will be available from September 12th via T-Mobile in the USA. It will also be available in October from Rogers Wireless in Canada and a variety of carriers in Europe. Availability in Asia-Pacific and Latin America is expected later this year.

Read on for more details from the press release and links to the stylish new site for the Pearl …

Some excerpts from the press release that provide further details on specs:

Beneath its sleek and stylish exterior, which measures just 4.2" x 1.97" x .57" and weighs only 3.1 ounces, the BlackBerry Pearl is a quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled mobile application powerhouse delivering the fast performance of the latest generation BlackBerry handset platform. The built-in 64MB flash memory is now expandable with a MicroSD card, giving users plenty more storage for music, pictures, videos, and data files.

The BlackBerry Pearl delivers exceptional phone quality with premium, easy-to-use phone features including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones, and intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding. It also features a speakerphone and Bluetooth(R) 2.0 for use with hands-free headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals such as a GPS receiver. BlackBerry Desktop Software synchronization via Bluetooth is also supported.

As expected with Blackberry, there are also some very useful IT policies that can be applied to these units. For instance, the camera can be disabled on an individual or group basis.

For more details, full specs, and some highly stylish looks at the new Pearl 8100, visit:

Blackberry Pearl shtml site

Blackberry Handhelds page