<p class="MsoNormal">Blackberry has perhaps strayed from their winning formula of producing outstanding handsets for use in business.<span> </span>There have been some useful added extras when compared to other Blackberry&rsquo;s, yet this phone still lacks some important features. ... http://www.mobilephonereviews.co.uk Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:09:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.mobilephonereviews.co.uk/images/stories/jreviews/tn/tn_34_list_8110.jpg <p class="MsoNormal">Blackberry has perhaps strayed from their winning formula of producing outstanding handsets for use in business.<span> </span>There have been some useful added extras when compared to other Blackberry&rsquo;s, yet this phone still lacks some important features.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Trackball that has replaced the thumb wheel is a good innovation, making the phone a delight to use; this is complimented by the Blackberry interface that is also clear and easy to use.<span> </span>The display is a 65K colour screen, and has technology that allows the phone to adjust the background to the ambient lighting, i.e. whether the user is indoors or outdoors.<span> </span>The keypad on the Pearl 8100 is unusual, it is not a conventional mobile phone handset, nor is it a full QWERTY keyboard, Blackberry have included a 20 key style, in the form of a QWERTY keyboard, which perhaps isn&rsquo;t quite as easy to use for texts and emails but it allows the Blackberry Pearl 8100 to be very small.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Weighing just 88g and measuring just 107 x 50 x 14.5 mm, this makes it one of the smallest Blackberry Smartphone&rsquo;s.<span> </span>This is even more remarkable considering the Pearl 8100 has an incorporated 1.3 megapixel camera, and a media player that supports MP3, MIDI, AMR NB, AAC, AAC+ &amp; eAAC+ formats, which can only help to widen Blackberry&rsquo;s consumer base.<span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Other features include Bluetooth technology, Quad band, GPRS, EDGE technology, a HTML web browser, a document viewer (PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and an included 64Mb microSD card and a larger memory card can be purchased.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">However, some negative aspects of the Pearl 8100 are that it does not have 3G technology, the screen is a little bit too small for reading larger emails, and the SureType keyboard takes a little getting used to.</p> http://www.mobilephonereviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/blackberry/blackberry-pearl-8100#jreview_88 3.6 out of 5

]]> Russ Clow BlackBerry Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:53:49 +0100