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Blackberry Pearl 8100 PDA Phone
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$189.00
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Overall Rating
2 Star Review
Reviewed by: GypsyJon
Updated:06-16-08
Duration of ownership:6 Months
Strengths: It is a good phone that you can check email on.
Weaknesses: Its PDA functions are poor. This is the first phone I have had since 1996 that does not know when you enter a different time zone. You have to "tell" it which time zone it is in. Further, when you change time zones, ALL YOUR APPOINTMENTS CHANGE by the same number of hours!! This is a terrible software weakness that I never was told about until I bought the thing.
Overall Evaluation: Fair at best, but generally poor. Easiest way to enter calendar data is to use Google Calendar, sych it with Outlook on you computer then sych the Blackberry with Outlook. The Blackberry has been way way oversold. Can not wait until I am due for an upgrade and I will ditche my Pearl.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: etmargallo
Updated:05-19-07
Duration of ownership:3 Weeks
Strengths: Has a sleek, compact design and not wide like other PDA/Smartphones. The screen colors look very crisp and clear. The built-in themes/interfaces are actually designed really nice. I like how you can easily add other apps into it, i.e. Gmail, Google Maps, and much more. Battery life seems to be very good as well. The desktop manager is straightforward and easy to use, just drag, drop and copy files. However, I did wish RIM would've made a program with their desktop software to easily manage your address book. Camera is pretty good, also has flash to assist in darker situations. Music player is cool too. You can also put in an extra Micro SD card for more storage.
Weaknesses: Trackball was weird at first, but got use to it. I like it now though. Haven't gotten scratches yet, but it does seem like it would be prone to getting them. Loudest ring volume doesn't seem loud enough. The settings for the alarm sucks, its too limited.
Overall Evaluation: This phone is a really good buy. I did the contracting renewing of 2 years. I use to have a RAZR, and I will never buy a Motorola product again. I guess it's too early to tell, but the Blackberry Pearl seems to be built and designed very nicely to last long. It has all the cool basic features and it's especially excellent for messaging and checking email.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: hirenghiya
Updated:06-02-08
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Good nice handy tiny little phone covering most of the features you expect in cell phone
Weaknesses: Not find yet
Overall Evaluation: I have given my daughter a phone as a present as she was looking for a phone which young girls can use. The blackberry ruby seems to be a good phone for young girls and she is so happy to start using this cell phone
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Overall Rating
2 Star Review
Reviewed by: roberto1
Updated:04-29-08
Duration of ownership:1 Weeks
Strengths: Stylish, small size
Weaknesses: Takes a while to get used to.
Overall Evaluation: I like how this phone looks like but it is quite difficult to use. It is stylish and thin compared to the older Blackberry models. The qwerty phone keys are hard to use.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: newhemidude
Updated:04-28-08
Duration of ownership:4 Months
Strengths: great call reception, great applications, email on the go, good looks, micro SD slot, play movies, games, music all on the go!
Weaknesses: battery life could be better
Overall Evaluation: I've had this phone for 4 months and I'm addicted to it at this point. I have a bunch of movies on it so I'm ready for any plane ride! It has great reception, works great with the bluetooth (Samsung WEP200) I have for it and I can download tons of applications for it. I also have email on the go and the voice dialing works decently. This phone has everything I need and some things I didn't know I needed. I also love the size of the phone. Perfect for your pocket.The only thing that could be better is the battery life. Depending on usage it can last 1 day to 3 days. Not horrible but also not great.I would definitely recommend this phone to anyone!
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: ash00moo
Updated:09-26-07
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Strengths: great phone!!! no regrets!
Weaknesses: none!!!
Overall Evaluation: I ordered this phone about two weeks ago and although there was a bit of confusion on what type of cell phone i needed such as the carrier, i received my cell phone. Everything was perfect and just the way I needed it. I will definetly be ordering more things from pricegrabber in the future.
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Overall Rating
5 Star Review
Reviewed by: chaujoshua
Updated:09-21-07
Duration of ownership:30 Days
Strengths: Nice window with all the usefule application
Weaknesses: transfer and view picture is too slow
Overall Evaluation: This product is very good and easy to use. The best feature of this phone is trackball. Camera is good. Also, you can put the microSD in and get more storage for store the picture and video. Overall, it is very good and I would to buy it!
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: harimattapalli
Updated:05-30-07
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Strengths: Many best features includes camera,slick,Integrated MP3 player and track ball
Weaknesses: bit slow
Overall Evaluation: It is very good and easy to use. The best feature of this phone is trackball. Camera is good.For downloading music is really superb. I would get the Cingular Pearl. It is really very nice features like PushToTalk feature. Voice dialing feature also very good.Very good and I would recommended to my friends.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: rajesh_cheruku
Updated:02-19-07
Duration of ownership:10 Days
Strengths: Camera,Integrated MP3 player,slick and track ball
Weaknesses: qwerty keyboard
Overall Evaluation: It is very good phone and easy to use. The most and advantageous feature of this phone is trackball with which we can operate it easily.Camera with 1.3mp which is good.For loading and playing music it is better to add a 1 gb micro sd card as cingular does not give with the phone.The map feature which is really good and can be operated like maps.google.com. Voice dialing also very good in this phone.
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Overall Rating
4 Star Review
Reviewed by: phungy
Updated:01-04-07
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Strengths: Many features
Weaknesses: Hourglass, a bit slow sometimes..prone to scratches.
Overall Evaluation: If you're looking for a smartphone that isnt bulky like the 8700, I would get the Pearl. DO NOT get the Cingular Pearl. It is disgusting though it does have the PushToTalk feature. The 1.3 MP camera isn't so bad. I like how you can put in a 2GB microSD card. I just place 1GB of MP3s, 0.5GB of pictures and 0.5GB of apps/games. Now I don't need to carry my iPod Nano around with me. Many upgradable "free" apps. Many accessories for it. All the accessories I have for my Pearl are free because I am a reviewer :) I still get free updated products. I also sell the Pearl battery doors because it seems like many are easily scratched or breaks. I would recommend the BestSkinsEver invisible skin. Same product as ShieldZone but 50% cheaper. As far as case, go with Seidio Rubberized Case (black) and does not attract lint. I am waiting for the BlackBerry Crimson that comes out late Spring. It will have Wi-Fi. -drools-The Pearl does have a downside and that is sometimes it lags and takes a while to load things which accounts for the hourglass...oh well. Not everything is perfect.
