Product Description

Have an existing Blackberry handset and are looking to upgrade or want to switch to a Blackberry device. Then buy the device sim-free. Your existing network provider can upgrade your existing tariff with a "BIS Blackerry Add-On" or BIS and then you can start to enjoy the Blackberry experience.. The BlackBerry® PearlTM 8100 smartphone is one of the worlds smallest smartphones and packs all of the power you expect from a BlackBerry® smartphone. It comes complete with digital camera, multimedia capabilities and expandable memory. And it offers users everything else you would expect from a BlackBerry smartphoneincluding phone, email, web browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), instant messaging, organiser applications and more. The BlackBerry Pearl smartphone provides Quad-band network support (on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM®/GPRS and EDGE networks) to allow for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Features: Real Time Instant Messaging:AOL Instant Messanger, Windows Live Messenger, ICQ Instant Messenger, Enhanced Blackberry Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger E-mail/PIMSimple Set-Up, Address Book Sync, Calendar Sync, Blackberry Email Address, Small Business Email, Yahoo! / MSN / AOL / Gmail, ISP mail, Desktop/Portal PIM Browsing/InternetPush Content, Enhanced Browsing, Photo Sharing, Content Filtering Cellular VoiceText Messaging, MP3 Ringtones, Speakerphone/Bluetooth, Media Player Corporate clients looking for connectivity to their corporate e-mail accounts i.e. Microsoft Outlook will require an Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) installing on your corporate Exchanger Server and the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) installing on your local PC. The BlackBerry Pearl is small enough to take anywhere. Its the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9390 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: BlackBerry Pearl 8100 RIM Smartphone
• Model: BlackBerry Pearl 8100
• Released on: 2008-01-25

Manufacturer's Description
The BlackBerry® Pearlâ„¢ 8100 smartphone is one of the world’s smallest smartphones and packs all of the power you expect from a BlackBerry® smartphone. It comes complete with digital camera, multimedia capabilities and expandable memory. And it offers users everything else you would expect from a BlackBerry smartphone â€" including phone, email, web browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), instant messaging, organizer applications and more.

The BlackBerry Pearl smartphone is small enough to take anywhere. It’s the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.

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Customer Reviews

Well its the best mobile for business I have used!
Believe me, I think I must have used most mobile on the market some time or the other. Okay that's an exaggeration the does feel like it as I get through two mobiles a year. I currently use and I find and this Blackberry Pearl. If you compare the iPhone with a Blackberry Pearl the Blackberry Pearl wins hands down, though the Blackberry Pearl is for business use, I tend to use it more for both personal and business use of then I use the iPhone. It is compact and has stacks of useful features with one or two eccentric featres like the rollball and the two letters to each button making texting a bit taxing but pretty easy after a bit of practice.


I find the phone quick to start up ie within 20 seconds. On start it shows my unread emails from my business, BT and Mac accounts and text messages. Brilliant. Excellent programmes including diary, camera phone with flash, e-mail, web browsing, mp3 player, video, picture gallery alarm etc and to be honest I can't fault it. It is small enough to but my trouser pocket and walk round without an unsightly bulge. I must admit I'm not into bulky phones.


I note that quite a few people do not seem to like this phone but I work on the basis that you need to read the manual, learn the features and have a phone for at least a few months then make a decision. I think I am justified in giving this phone a rave review and I am currently due upgrade to my mobile and I have decided not to upgrade my iPhone to the new version but I will certainly consider upgrading my Blackberry to the next level.

Not even useful as a wheel chock!
The fact that the Pearl has a 240 page user manual says it all. This is probably the most un-user-friendly device produced in the last 15 years. If you are not a techno-wizard who regularly devotes all waking moments to playing with your devices, leave it on the shelf. The staff in my office have given it one star as no stars was not an option. Finally it is too small even to use as a wheel chock if your handbrake fails.

Great business phone
Ok if you want this as a personal phone and get around 2 emails a week it really is not much use as it does not have all the special features that you would find on a Nokia N95 say. I wonder why you would buy it if you dont intend to use its business attributes??

As a business phone it is superb, its sleek, attractive easy to use and really does compliments my work as I am constantly on the move.

So all in all its a great phone!!