TORONTO (Reuters) - A new handset competitor to Apple's iPhones, the Pink BlackBerry Pearl produced by Research In Motion (RIM.TO) (RIMM.O), using technologies of Verizon wireless, a global leader in wireless innovation has appeared into the retail consumer market. The latest version of this smart phone reached the US market in June 2007. Buying Blackberry Pearl, you can use all sort of typical cellphone features like Voice Activated Dialing, speakerphone, and noise and echo cancellation technology for clearer calls, Wireless broadband (EV-DO) connectivity for high-speed data transfers, Bluetooth technologies, camera, media players, allowing customers to manage music, pictures and video between PC and their pink BlackBerry Pearl. The initial prize, allocated in 2006 was around $200 is now lowered by some carriers using long-term contracts, which make them more affordable. RIM established its name by supplying blocky handsets secure sending protected e-mails. While those products were used mostly by lawyers and politicians, the new way of BlackBerry marketing targets mostly teenagers and young people. According to RIM report, more than a third of company subscribers despite of a desirable product, some analysts suggest that BlackBerry spending could be scaled back, if the United States, RIM's biggest market slips into a recession, causing a declaration of growth. These opinions are based on a fact, of decreasing RIM shares more than 15 percent this year. In RIM's co-Chief Executive, Jim Balsillie's belief, there is no real danger, since cellphones are no longer seen as luxury items, people wouldn't part with the BlackBerry so easily. "The cellphone is kind of one of the last things people give up," he noted.
By Milota Sidorova; edited by Barbora Krajickova
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