Blackberry Pearl

Blackberry Pearl is one of the latest GSM handheld from Research in Motion
(RIM). It is also the smallest of the smart phones marketed by RIM.

Straight into its specifications, the Blackberry Pearl is quite compact
unlike the earlier RIM models. And the biggest trade-off happened in
this process is the inclusion of the new SureType system, the keypad
in which each button handles two letters, replacing the old and better
looking QWERTY keyboard. It might take a bit of practice to get used
to the keypad, but it is not cumbersome either.

Another change that RIM had introduced in its slimmest smart phone
is the track ball in place of the scroll wheel in its older versions.
In comparison, it is far easier with the track ball to make the selections,
to zip through the menus in all direction, than with the scroll wheel
that used to lie on the side of the device.

On its overall design, the Blackberry Pearl weighs 90.7gm and has
a physical size of 107 x 51 x 15 mm. In rough comparison, it will be
as thick as two iPod Nanos stacked together. Dedicated volume keys,
a pair of programmable keys, and the key atop to silence all forms
of alerts in one press, makes the phone flexible and easier to use.
The call quality is reasonably good when compared with its immediate
competitors, the Nokia E62 and Motorola Q, if not better.

Like all smart phones in its category, the Blackberry Pearl comes
with a set of multimedia features, which include music and video, ring
tones, and images. The 1.3 mp camera offers good enough performance,
but the video quality is just ok. If you want to exploit its multimedia
features fully, you might need a microSD card as the internal memory
is too small for mass storage requirements (64 MB only). Blackberry allows
users to expand the external memory up to 2 GB.

Blackberry Pearl supports EDGE and quad-band GSM/GPRS networks with
reasonable enough data speed. The web browser it has is quite reminiscent
of its earlier models, with less or no improvements. For moderate browsing
needs, like looking up scores or specific data, however this seems
quite enough.

Regarding email, setting up an email account with Blackberry Pearl
is quite easy. Up to ten addresses are supported, the Blackberry
Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Internet Service, and Exchange options
being the major corporate tools. Attachments - images, documents, and
PDF files –
however are only viewable and cannot be edited. In that respect, it
is more like in RIM’s 7100 series phones.

The most valued feature of any business phone is its different organizer
features; Blackberry Pearl offers a variety of those, and that includes
Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes and Organizer, Novell Groupwise
and Sage ACT! Software. Using the Desktop Manager, the Blackberry user
could synchronize the memos, calendar, tasks, and contacts with the
relevant organizer tools such that every relevant piece of info will
be updated in the required applications simultaneously.

To sum it up, Blackberry Pearl is a feature filled smartphone
with more pros than cons. Its battery life is also very much ok, and
the price tag, the cheapest amongst any Blackberry models! On a whole,
it is a good business phone to start with.

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