BlackBerry Pearl 8130 formally announced-due next month

As was widely expected, Research In Motion formally announced the CDMA-compatible BlackBerry Pearl 8130 today. It will be available in silver and amethyst beginning next month on Verizon Wireless.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 has a 2 megapixel camera, 5x digital zoom, offers digital capture and playlist editing.

The device also has built-in GPS and navigation with built-in BlackBerry Maps built in collaboration with Google. It also offers a headset jack,microSD/SDHC memory card slot for additional storage of music, videos and pictures.

One of the most welcome features include wind and echo cancellation for calling while you are in noisy environments.

Which, if you are often on the go, is almost the native environment for BlackBerry users.