Blackberry Pearl Video Review

Blackberry Pearl is a great phone from the blackberry family. It comes with great features and a slick design, making us all wish we had one. Check out this Blackberry Pearl video review for detailed information.

The Blackberry 8100 Pearl is not only thinner and lighter; it also sports a memory card slot, a music player, and voice dialing. Other features, such as Bluetooth 2.0, EDGE high-speed data, and the popular Sure Type keypad make this a complete mobile office solution. And of course, legendary Blackberry push email is fully supported on the Blackberry 8100 Pearl.

The Blackberry 8100 Pearl sports a large 240 x 260 screen that supports over 65,000 colors– plenty of real estate to view your e-mails, Web browser content, messaging sessions, and attachments. The venerable Blackberry track wheel has been replaced on this model with an innovative four-way trackball placed below the screen. On the rear of the handheld, you’ll find a 1.3-megapixel camera and a self portrait mirror. The handheld’s micro SD memory card slot is located inside the device, behind the battery. There’s also a standard 2.5mm headset jack that can be used with the included headset, as well as a mini-USB port for data connectivity.

According to a satisfied customer: “I was very happy with the Sure Type text entry, and the 20-key keyboard. As others have said it doesn’t “predict” what you are going to type, but I have found it to be very accurate with what you do actually type. This is a “candy bar” size phone, so if you have large fingers, you might find it difficult, but I (avg. size 5′9 guy) have not had any problems entering text. I would not write an email the size of this review on it, but to stay in touch with my friends and family, or quick business email it’s excellent. I’d say the Sure Type learning curve is about 15 minutes. Easy.

I agree with others that the camera and media player are average. I didn’t care about having a camera on my phone, but after getting it, that feature has come in useful. For a 1.3 mega pixel camera, it’s good. I purchased a SanDisk 2GB micro SD card to save any pictures and all of my MP3 files. It’s a nice add on, but If a camera on your phone is your primary reason for buying a Pearl, then you should consider other devices.

Basic navigation with the pearl trackball is really nice and easy to use. The menu system is a snap with the pearl trackball, and there are lots of ways to customize the user interface. Different applications save the state they were last in, which is different from all the rest and I have come to like this feature.

Media and the Screen: The 240×260 screen isn’t the biggest but for the Pearl’s size; I think it’s very good. My custom background picture is very clear and crisp. Viewing larger pictures is easy enough, zooming in and out. The Blackberry desktop software that comes with the phone is easy to use and it did a great job of synching to my laptop’s Microsoft Outlook.

The Blackberry Personal Edition service package for 19.99 is something I wanted, and now will not have another phone without this. Maps, web browsing and email. The Blackberry maps are good, not blazingly fast but decent. Web browsing on a candy bar is what you would expect, I hope. Once you find mobile sites it works well. I tried it on image heavy sites, and although it’s not “fast” it performed well I thought.

Before signing up to T-Mobile I checked their coverage map and was surprised to see what I would call a topographical based on bars of signal, and found it to be very accurate. Nice job T-Mobile. From my research you need to be in the “EDGE” coverage area to get all the features all the time without roaming. I’d suggest people check coverage before you sign up for 2 years of any service.

The phone’s call clarity and speakerphone clarity are very good, and overall I am very happy with this smart phone!”