Is BlackBerry's Pearl a Little Gem or Rough Diamond? : Putting The Smart In Smartphone
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- 1. Putting The Smart In Smartphone
- 2. Blackberry Pearl Features: Discussion
- 3. BlackBerry Goes Multimedia
1. Putting The Smart In Smartphone
Small, slim and slinky; the Blackberry Pearl (8100) is lighter than a Motorola RAZR
RIM's BlackBerry devices are big, chunky email machines that you wouldn't want to use for phone calls, right? Wrong. The new BlackBerry Pearl is one of the slimmest, sleekest phones you can lay your hands on; as stylish as Motorola's RAZR, just as thin and even lighter. It's packed with high end phone features like voice dialing, speakerphone and MP3 ringtones that you can customize for different callers.
The It has a glowing trackball on the front that gives it its name and makes it easy to navigate through the full set of applications that come bundled. And it still has a QWERTY keyboard and the best email handling of any phone or PDA. There's no such thing as the perfect device, but the BlackBerry Pearl is something of a gem.
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Features: Specs Table
| Blackberry Pearl (8100) | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 3.2 ounces (89g) |
| Dimensions | 4.21 x 1.97 x 0.57"
(107 x 50 x 14.5mm) |
| Display | 240 x 260 pixel screen, 65,000+ colors, ambient light sensor |
| Memory | 64 MB flash memory |
| Memory card | microSD |
| OS | RIM 4.2 |
| Main applications | Email, Web browser, BlackBerry Messenger, IM (varies with mobile network), Address book, Calendar, MemoPad, Tasks, Alarm, BrickBreaker, Media Player, Camera, Call Log, Voice Notes, Voice Dialler, Calculator, Password Keeper, Search, Bluetooth manager, Help, Setup Wizard |
| Keyboard | SureType QWERTY |
| Navigation | Trackball, ESC key and Menu key |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ringtones, tone, vibrate mode |
| Camera | 1.3MP camera with flash, self portrait mirror and zoom |
| Supported file formats | Supported audio formats: MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ |
| Supported video formats | MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.263 |
| BES or up to 10 ISP/Webmail email accounts | |
| Connectivity | Quad-Band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks |
| Bluetooth profiles supported | Bluetooth v2.0; headset, hands-free and serial port profiles |
| Connections and ports | USB 2.0 for connection and charging, desktop charger contacts, stereo headset |
| Included in package | USB cable, charger, BlackBerry Desktop software |
| Power management | |
| Talk time | 3.5 hours |
| Standby | 15 days |
| Battery capacity | 900 mAh |
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