Monday, Aug 14th 2006 by Vincent Nguyen
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UPDATE (08/22/2006): Clicke to watch videos of the Blackberry Pearl in action here!
Lets give Blackberry a BIG round of applause for what seems to be their first of many thinner handsets. T-Mobile’s next Blackberry handset is dubbed Pearl or 8100. Boy Genius didn’t reveal a whole lot of information. Do we really care since a Blackberry is a Blackberry - right? Thin is in!
UPDATE (08/22/2006): Clicke to watch videos of the Blackberry Pearl in action here!
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I got a 7100T. I was planning on getting a new phone. Will seriously consider but gotta find out about tmobile.
Talk to Ewdi or me about T-Mobile. Our company is on the business plan.
Sprint sent me the Blackberry 7130e to review - still need to write that bad boy up :). It’s a solid phone, great battery life and the tethering for laptop kicks but through Sprint’s broadband-like network.
Here’s our review of the Blackberry 7100i:
http://www.dlmag.com/683
rumor blackberry pearl features
It delivers premium phone features including Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones, speakerphone, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, call forwarding and Bluetooth support for hands-free use with headsets and car kits.
It delivers the popular and proven BlackBerry experience users have come to know and love.
It is incredibly sleek and exceptionally powerful – small enough to take anywhere and powerful enough to handle all of your communication and information needs. It’s the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.
It is incredibly easy-to-navigate with a new and intuitive trackball navigation system.
It is the first BlackBerry to offer a camera with built-in flash and zoom – share pictures with your friends and family right away via email or MMS.
It features a large, ultra-bright next generation 240 x 260 color display that brings more than 65,000 colors to life. Its built-in light sensing technology automatically adjusts screen and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments to browse the web, view attachments, pictures and video files.
It features a convenient media player – enjoy all the power of BlackBerry and listen to your favorite songs while browsing the web or reading an email.
It supports a MicroSD card allowing for lots of storage space for pictures, audio and video files, along with 64 MB of internal memory.
It is optimized for performance and operates on T-Mobile’s high-speed EDGE network. It delivers an exceptionally fast performance experience for web browsing and other applications.
It features RIM’s popular SureType keyboard technology that makes typing amazingly quick and easy on such a small handset.
It’s easy to stay on top of important personal and work communications with the ability to access up to ten personal or work email accounts including Yahoo! and Microsoft Exchange.
The BlackBerry Pearl from T-Mobile USA will be available at T-Mobile retail stores, select authorized dealers, or by calling 1-800-T-MOBILE for $199.
Thanks for the detailed info above!