The first Blackberry flip phone has been announced by RIM and is expected to be released this fall. This is a simple phone featuring Blackberry’s classic quality.

The highlighted features of the Pearl Flip 8220 are the WiFi, trackball navigation and also the SureType QWERTY keyboard. The phone also will feature a secondary external display and a 3.5 mm audio output jack for music. Also, unlike a lot of the Blackberry models this is sporting a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities.

The phone measures up at 101.1 x 50 x 17.5 mm and weighs at 102 grams. At this size it is a little bit larger than most flip phones but it still has a nice sleek design. Although the pictures don’t look like anything to write home about it will be interesting to see how Blackberry can handle themselves with a new design.

Are you willing to try out a new Blackberry design?