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BlackBerry RIM 8100-Pearl Charcoal

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The 8100 from RIM also being called the Pearl is the first BlackBerry with a full set of multimedia features for consumers.  Advancements include a camera, memory card slot, music player, and voice dialing.  Found in a new lighter and thinner design, the Pearl also comes equipped with a 4-way trackball instead of the old scroll wheel.
 



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Blacberry Pearl 8100Introduction
Blackberry devices were known worldwide for business and professional use only, but not anymore!! The new Blackberry Pearl has a lot of new features that older versions were missing. The new Blackberry Pearl also known as the 8100 has a camera, media player, expandable memory and a lot of new features as well. The Pearl is targeted toward teens as well as business professionals and that is why they have added the extra features.

Older Blackberries looked boring which makes the Pearl stand out even more. You have to see the Pearl in person in order to appreciate its size and good looks. The scroll ball is the main attraction of the phone and it resembling a pearl is the reasoning behind the name. Is the small size suitable for everyone? Although it has fancy features and looks good, is it worth upgrading? Read on to find out!!!  

Design
When looking at pictures of the Pearl on the internet you cannot tell how small the device actually is. The pearl is a bit bigger than the Motorola SLVR series. The Blackberry Pearl is the first phone to have the new scroll mechanism opposed to the old scroll wheel located on the right-hand side. The older scroll wheel was only meant for scrolling up and down and the new one can now scroll up, down, left, right and diagonal on the main menu.

The new scroll ball looks like an old computer trackball. The Pearl has a small scroll ball located on top of the QWERTY keyboard. When the light sensor turns on the backlight, the scroll ball glows white and looks awesome. The new scroll ball looks like the scroll on the new HTC Artemis which is being released very soon. The sides of the phone are chrome which gives it a cool finish. Although the sides look chrome-metal they are in fact plastic. Making the sides metal would make the phone a lot heavier, so it is a good idea that RIM decided not to.      

Loving it

Overall Rating:
4.3 out of 5
By: Monica LeBeau on Monday, January 28, 2008
From: New Orleans, LA (United States)
Experience: 1 Months
Pros: sleek design, fast contact entry,clear ear piece and spaekerphone.

Cons: long set-up,a troubling ringtone downloading process and the manual doesn't include much help at all

Summary: The pearl is equipped w/many great applications that makes communication pleasant and fun. I am enjoying the phone daily while learning how to operate it!!!

24 out of 45 people found this review helpful

Wonderful

Overall Rating:
4.2 out of 5
By: Jennifier Weber on Thursday, January 24, 2008
From: Wyoming , MI (United States)
Experience: 3 Weeks
Pros: Beautiful display, perfect size, good camera quality love the built in flash,

Cons: Confusing and long set up, cant send pics or DL ringtones unless you buy the package, or DL the ringtones from your cell company site,

Summary: Over all i love this phone. it works great. wonderful clarity. LOVE IT!!!

18 out of 40 people found this review helpful

Love it...

Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5
By: Renee H on Saturday, April 07, 2007
From: Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Experience: 1 Weeks
Pros: Great screen, easy to use keys, clear sound, plenty of options to customize it, profile exception option, comfortable to talk on, great camera and so many other features available. It looks great too!

Cons: You have to purchase the blackberry data package to use basic phone functions like downloading ringtones or sending picture text messages which can run about $40 per month. Also, there are so many options that it gets confusing.

Summary: I love this phone! I love how it feels in my hand, I love how it feels when I talk on it. I love the screen clarity. I love the graphics! It's gorgeous. The mouse and key size make it really easy to type on and navigate through the menu.

There are so many options available that it may seem confusing at first, but Cingular offers online manuals that are very easy to understand. I knew the phone inside and out after only three days of reading about it and playing with it. I actually switched to Verizon for a week and went back to Cingular simply so I could have this phone back as Verizon does not offer it.

The best feature this phone offers is the Profile Exception feature which allows you to turn the ringer off, but make exceptions for important callers such as work, family, or whomever you need to receive a call from.

It is recommended that you only use this phone if you plan on using internet and email features, however, if you're like me, you can still use it as a straight forward phone. You can put your own music on it and use that as ringtones since you can only download ringtones with the data package on your plan.

I love it!!!

57 out of 98 people found this review helpful

So far it's been excellent!

Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
By: Peter Carey on Thursday, September 21, 2006
From: Jacksonville, FL (United States)
Experience: 10 Days
Pros: Audio quality is crisp and clear sounding when using the earpiece of speakerphone. Receiving e-mails, (push style with T-Mobile) is a breeze. the screen clarity is excellent and the camera works better than any other phone I have ever used. EDGE, the slim frame, memory card slot, etc....

Cons: Seems like the face is going to get scratched up easily. With so much available on the phone the set up process was strenuous.

Summary: I haven't been using the new Pearl for very long, but once I got it set up to my liking, it is turning out to be by far my favorite!

59 out of 103 people found this review helpful
All BlackBerry RIM 8100-Pearl Charcoal user reviews

Re: Blackberry Pearl 8100 Expert Review with images

Um nice try.... So how long have you worked for Wireless Galaxy?? You can get the Pearl 8100 for $100 less through Phonedog.com!! Why go to a site that is more expensive and doesn't give the

Re: Blackberry Pearl 8100 Expert Review with images

Hi, Yes this cell is really cool.I found it really cheap from wireless galaxy with free home delivery and no sales tax.I ordered both  Blackberry 8100 Pearl Blue as well as Blackberry 8100

T-Mobile now offers new Blackberry colors

Three new colors Pearl colors - blue, sunset (red) and pale gold. Does anyone really care? The 8100 has definately jumped the shark!

Re: Will Opera mini work on the Pearl?

Have you tried Opera mini for Pearl 8100? My friend said that it was not well designed. How true? 

Re: Samsung BlackJack vs Palm Treo 680 vs BlackBerry Pearl

Another big plus for the Blackjack is that it now comes with an extra battery If you plan on doing a lot of texting then the QWERTY keyboard is the only way to go. I used a pearl 8100 for a week and

Re: blackberry mp3's

Hi,The new Blackberries have MP3 support. The Pearl 8100 and 8800 are currently the only ones that can play MP3's. Both of them support Micro SD so you can store a lot of music.Thanks 

Re: Blackberry Pearl 8100 Expert Review with images

A backberry  is supposed to have a qwerty keyboard but this one doesnot have , why is it

Re: Blackberry Pearl 8100 Expert Review with images

I really like the size and form factor of the Pearl but I just can't get used to the SureType keypad

Re: Blackberry Pearl 8100 Expert Review with images

Compared to the pearl it is a huge phone, I tried it in the store but I put it down because to me it was way too bulky.

Re: How do I set up email on a Pearl 8100

Take a look at this site, there is a video tutorial on here that might help you. www.blackberrymadesimple.com/videos_8100_index.shtml - 40k  

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