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BlackBerry Pearl 8100

By Penny Jones on 12 December 2006

Consumers that have already been lured by the BlackBerry's popular email functions will love the new-look Pearl, but may be disappointed when comparing it to other high-end consumer devices with 2-megapixel cameras and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Editor's rating:7.2 User rating:7.3

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  HELP! gave a review on 31/10/2009 16:47

  SHOULD I SWAP MY SAMSUNG ULTRA TOUCH FOR THIS BB 8100?
  bidget09@hotmail.com

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  steph gave 4/10 on 04/10/2009 14:50

  • Good: slim and i like the key pad thingy, its sorta lyk a computer ketboard
  • Bad: HOW DO U PUT MUSIC ON IT????

  its a great phone but i realli wana know how to put music on it

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  huerfj gave a review on 18/04/2009 19:55

  • Good: good
  • Bad: no video

  not good

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  joua_pa26 gave 6/10 on 01/04/2009 08:38

  • Good: Easy access to e-mail and internet
  • Bad: If you don't have enough light, when taking a picture, the quality is poor.
    
    No video recording

  I like this phone very much, but sadly it can not video record.

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  waterskiier 101 gave 5/10 on 07/12/2008 08:58

  i dont have this phone but it seems just average. It would be good if it had Wi Fi

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  Malli07 gave 5/10 on 31/10/2008 14:44

  • Good: luv the look and weight
    trackball!!
    keypad
  • Bad: not "phone" practical
    no video recording
    

  i got this phone as a bday present and it is so weird coz im used 2 a NORMAL fone.... and i dont need any of the business features of it.....

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  penn gave 10/10 on 21/10/2008 11:21

  i havent got this phone yet, but i really want it, is it true that the keyboard wears out after about two weeks of use???

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  tiffabella gave 8/10 on 17/07/2008 17:59

  • Good: -sleek looks
    -easy to use trackball
    -everything feels really organized (dont know much about the email part yet)
    -decent ringtones compared to what i usually get with my old phones
    -the keypad is just like a keyboard so its easier/faster to text/email with
    -decent wallpaper variety
    -voice dialing
  • Bad: -takes forever to turn on
    -battery life is about 2 days
    -camera isnt that bad, but it could be much better
    -takes awhile to get use to
    -NO WIFI
    -i noticed that when its key locked, you cant dial 911. you need to unlock it or chose to dial an emergency call which you will have to confirm and by then you are probably already dead
    -hard to find any decent looking covers for it. would just go without but it scratches so easily
    -user manual is definitely long
    -chances are, by the time you stopped using your phone, there will probably still be many functions you will havent used yet just because you dont know how

  Just bought the phone two days ago

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  rliptrot gave 3/10 on 13/06/2008 22:11

  • Good: Nice looks, lightweight
  • Bad: Navigation, freezing, AWFUL BATTERY LIFE!

  Hoped for much better from this phone after reading all the hype. We have been using these phones on our business contract 4 of them at present. Feedback from the other users agree with my rants about this phone. First off turning on the phone takes a long, long time. Once running the user interface is awkward at best, you have to drill through folders to acheive the simplest of tasks. The phone freezes regularly for a few seconds for no apparent reason? It doesnt give you a clue who sent you a message unless you actually open it and all messages are dumped into one giant list, no inbox or outbox just a big list of message headers? These are just a few of the issues that annoy us but the biggest issue of all is the battery life. From full charge not one of us has made this phone last longer than 30 hours STANDBY time!! And if you want to actually use it? Just watch those bars going down like a broken fuel guage!
  
  I really wanted to love this phone but even after tweaking the options and user interface to make things more accessible and remove any power eating background apps etc etc it just pains me to have the charge the damn thing up every half a day.

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  GEC gave 4/10 on 08/04/2008 13:17

  • Good: Looks
    Webmail enabled
  • Bad: Battery life, clunky to navigate, many better options if primarily used for phone.

  I would gladly trade it if I could. Think long and hard about what it will be primarily used for and look for options. It may look good and seem nifty with the trackball etc. but in my opinion it is crappy as a phone - and I have had all the majors in the past. Simple tasks are clunky and awkward and require multiple key strokes or sussing around. Eg. looking up a phone number from address book. The help features are anything but. The battery life is absolutley shocking - and once it gets too low, even plugging in the charger won't let you use it - you have to wait. I used to get 4 - 5 days out of my Samsung. Lucky to get 2 days out of this.

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