Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220

I had a blackberry which i loved. I now have an iphone which whilst it has some good features, overall is not as good as the blackberry. the blackberry is great for emails and has a handy cut/paste function. They keypad is easy to use and the keys are a reasonable size which avoids mistakes when typing. the internet function is not great but ultimately you have a blackberry for the email function. the calendar synchronisation means you can synch with your computer both calendar items and addresses. Overall it is a great little phone and very easy to use and has a number of great basic functions. The games arent great and the ringtones are a bit basic but you can always ...  Read the complete review

I bought this phone the other day.I love the look of it it is very stylish.I like the black and silver its a cheecky wee number.It is nice and slim.It is a flip phone and you can see who is calling you and texting you on the external screen. The best function is it has wii-fii connection.Basically it means if you have a wirless modem wherever you are the phone will pick it up and you can use that internet provider.The phone is so cool you can watch videos on the phone also.It is a good phone for games and music.It has the usual contact list and picture messaging and also a organiser. I found the phone easy to use once I have set everything up on ...  Read the complete review

My previous experience is with 'traditional' non-blackberry phones. A customer asked me to set-up the email and show him a few things, but I had to have a look around before I gave it back. THE FIRST BLACKBERRY EXPERIENCE (basically having a very small querty keyboard). Initially it's quite difficult to force the brain to except this hasn't got a typical phone pad. Once a user has overcome this, I believe speed of typing would greatly increase. The predictive style text management is very good, as is the option of directly accessing the user dictionary - something lost from Nokia's. With Nokia's you have to use a word quite often to 'retain' it ...  Read the complete review