RIM’s new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone is now on sale via TIM, Italy’s largest operator.

This appears on the TIM’s official website, offered for 269 Euros (about 370 USD).

Although the smartphone will be available in at least three color versions, TIM currently sells only the black one.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 brings the following features: worldwide GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, a 2.6-inch TFT internal display with 240 x 320 pixels, a 1.6-inch external screen, a SureType QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry Maps, Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, email and Instant Messaging, a 2 Megapixel camera with flash, Video and Music players, DataViz document reader and editor, a 3.5mm headset jack, microSD / microSDHC cards (up to 8GB) and a battery that should provide a talk-time of up to 240 minutes (4 hours) or a stand-by time of up to 336 hours (14 days).