Blackberry Pearl 8100

...Blackberry 8100... As I'm going for Business advisor at work, thought I would make myself more familiar with the Blackberry family. I asked my boss if I would borrow the demo phone The Blackberry Pearl or 8100 for awhile so I could learn and mess around with it to figure out the settings and so on. To be honest, I've never liked Blackberry phones but have I changed my mind? Let's see. First of all, what are Blackberry's? Some people call them mobiles that can send emails, others call them PDAs, other just think they are a fancy mobile with a qwerty keypad. Blackberry's website states "A wireless email solution for mobile professionals." ...  Read the complete review

I have the pleasure of having to be in contact with the office 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that any media enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner and that in the event of a media meltdown, I can start the spin process immediately so that any form of damage to the reputation of my organisation is limited or in a best possible scenario, turned into positive media coverage. To do this, a mobile phone and a laptop would be too cumbersome and not at all practical to take with you to the pub or club or indeed the garden centre on a Sunday afternoon and so for the last 3 years I have been the proud owner of Blackberries, starting with the huge 7230, moving onto ...  Read the complete review

****Overview of the Pearl**** Measuring 107x50x14.5mm, and weighing in at a meagre 89.5 grams, the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is currently the smallest BlackBerry smartphone on the market. Whilst being small in size, the Pearl is not small in features and has all the usual functions of the Blackberry range. The Pearl has all the normal smartphone capabilities including a high quality phone, internet browser, email service, messaging services and instant messaging amongst others. ****Keyboard**** The keyboard is the full QWERTY style and provides Sure Type technology. There are additional buttons either side of the numerical keypad ...  Read the complete review

I have used this phone from the standpoint of a self-employed business fella on a £50+ contract per month. And I'm so glad I did! The main reason people seem to pick the pearl over other Blackberry handsets is that aesthetically, it isn't much larger than a "usual" phone and is a bit more stylish than the normal corporate look given to the range. Hardware wise, the Pearl is sleek and quite a sexy phone. The qwerty keyboard is compressed so it isn't the normal full keyboard, but you soon get used to that. The software interface is exactly as you would expect of a Blackberry, save for the fact that menus etc. are a little more ...  Read the complete review

Overall a very good phone. It took me a while to get used to the keyboard layout for texting and e-Mail. Its amazing how much you get used to a standard phone. However, now I am used to it, it has become second nature. The roller ball is both an advantage and disadvantage of the phone. It offers a great addition for navigation the clean menu and UI of the phone. However as it ages, it becomes extremely tempremental. Only the other day it decided to stop scrolling right. The key pad is easy to use and feels substantial enough to not break under heavy usage. The screen is both large and very clear and offers very rich ...  Read the complete review