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This phone is not the best on the market, but if your looking for a cheap easy to use with simple features then this is the mobile phone for you. Its does pretty much what the more advaced... more

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Rating Summary based on 31 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		16
  • 4 Stars
    		9
  • 3 Stars
    		5
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
    		0

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  		• 3.9
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  		• 4.1
  • 70 of 70 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    galaxynicole

    4 Stars Don't be scared, it's only a Blackberry Pearl 27/04/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages instant emails, easy to use, slim

    Disadvantages Disadvantages camera, quality of the music played back

    As I'm going for Business advisor at work, thought I would make myself more familiar with the Blackberry family. I asked my boss if I would borrow the demo phone The Blackberry Pearl or 8100 for awhile so I could learn and mess around with it to figure out the settings and so on. To be honest, I've never liked Blackberry phones but have I changed my mind? Let's see. First of all, what are Blackberry's? Some people call them mobiles that can send emails, others call them PDAs, other just think they are a fancy mobile with a qwerty keypad. Blackberry's website states "A wireless email solution ... more
  • 152 of 152 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 Badger_Boy

    Member since 13/08/2003

    Reviews written: 121

    5 Stars BADGE GETS HIMSELF A PEARLER........ Review with images 16/04/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lightweight, slim-line, packed with features, built in camera, real tones, easy navigation

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    I have the pleasure of having to be in contact with the office 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that any media enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner and that in the event of a media meltdown, I can start the spin process immediately so that any form of damage to the reputation of my organisation is limited or in a best possible scenario, turned into positive media coverage. To do this, a mobile phone and a laptop would be too cumbersome and not at all practical to take with you to the pub or club or indeed the garden centre on a Sunday afternoon and so for the last 3 years I have ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    DODK14

    4 Stars Blackberry Pearl: A Blackberry virgin's views 23/11/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Looking, Slim, Simple To Set Up, Single device for all communication!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Camera not great, Not 3G so relatively slow web browsing

    I thought I'd write this review because I know there will be a lot of people out there considering this (smart)phone as a replacement for the more usual Nokias, Sony Ericssons, etc. You're probably considering it for similar reasons to me - the awareness of these devices has soared since Blackberry introduced this model, which is aimed slap bang at people like me: Want the fancy functions of a Blackberry (i.e. sending and receiving emails on the move) without sacrificing the more 'fun' features such as a camera and good looks. There's a lot to cover in terms of the features, so I'll deal with ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    olliebradley

    5 Stars Blackberry Pearl 8100 Review - Great Smartphone! 05/01/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Blackberry functionality, great looking, features for both business and consumer use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Interface is perhaps a little dated

    Research in Motion (RIM) have been around for almost ten years, creating fantastic corporate wireless devices like no other. Not surprising then, that in 2007, the number of Blackberry users reached 8 million and is continually on the rise. Originally aimed at large corporations with the Blackberry's appealing wireless email services and corporate functionality such as calendar, contacts and tasks synchronisation, Blackberry have now created a device which goes even further and offers a few more consumer friendly features. Aimed at both business users and consumers simultaneously, Blackberry ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Mr_Gamgee

    5 Stars Pearl 8100 - an everything in one device 14/02/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages trackball, interface, predictive text, email, style, ease of use, java, all in one device

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not a true WAP device, camera

    First the good bits... My first attraction to the Pearl was the style, it looks very nice. Much more stylish than may other phones currently on the market, although thats down to individual taste. I've had the Pearl for about 3 weeks and its definitely the best phone I have ever had just because its put everything I need (phone, PDA and media player) all in one device. I bought a 2GB media card and I now have a phone with 15 albums, 2 films so its now the only thing I need to carry around with me - no separate media player or PDA. It was a little shaky at first - I was told by my phone company ... more

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Product Details

Cellular / Features GPRS; EDGE; Bluetooth; USB; microSD card slot
Cellular / Extra Features 1.3 MP digital camera; MP3 player
Optical Sensor / Sensor Resolution 1.3
Communications / Wireless Interface Bluetooth
Cellular / Combined with Digital Camera; Digital Player

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  • yhengcheng 19/1/2010 06:39:14

    do i need to have an internet connection to pull/push my emails or is network signal will do?

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