BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Announced By Verizon; Available Starting June 19

Verizon Wireless has officially announced the upcoming release of BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone on its network starting June 19. As a reminder, that clamshell phone is equipped with an internal display with 240 x 320 resolution, a small external display, a SureType QWERTY keyboard, a 2MP camera with flash, voice-activated dialing, VZ Navigator capable,

GPS mapping, full HTML browsing, a media player, a microSD/SDHC card slot, stereo Bluetooth and access to BlackBerry App World. The handset will be sold for $129.99 with a 2-year contract agreement and after a $70 mail-in rebate. [Press Release via Unwiredview]