Good business phone (Blackberry Pearl 8100)

Member Name: mrrichclark

Product:	Blackberry Pearl 8100
Date:	08/01/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: Large screen, roller ball, impressive UI

Disadvantages: Reliability, roller ball, terrible camera

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 colours.

It may be down to the server or the network but e-mail and texts seem much quicker than I am used to traditionally.

The internet is painfully slow at times and the whole unit is prone to freezing. I also need to regularly clear the cache to enable data to be processed efficiently.

As a personal phone device, I wouldn't recommend it. The keyboard layout is non-standard, predictive spelling is unpredicatable and the camera is diabolical.

As a business device, I think it it OK. It negates the need to have a PDA or other handheld and a phone. Also looks quite neat.

Summary: Good business device, don't touch for personal use

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