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| BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Smartphone Black (T-Mobile) | 
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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
List Price: $349.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 1856
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8100
UPC: 610214613370
EAN: 0610214613370
ASIN: B000ID10JE
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great phone so far, with minor problems October 25, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This phone is my first blackberry; my aging ATT samsung was shot, and I dreaded the idea of converting to Cingular anyway, things fell together naturally. Got a great deal on Amazon--this phone is over $200 bucks direct from T-Mobile.
T-mobile customer service was fantastic and got my number switched over within 24 hours.
The only reason I didnt give this 5 stars is related to posts below. Since getting the phone I have had to reset it by removing the battery once, which I feel is unacceptable in a device such as a phone. I realize that phones are becoming more sophisticated, and the blackberry's even more so, but come on!
 windows non-compliant product October 21, 2006
3 out of 91 found this review helpful
neither MS Windows nor Mac based odd system, why buy this product ?
Excellent planning and ideas, okay execution October 20, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I ordered a Pearl after my 7100t's USB port vacated. I have it through work, so fortunately the $299.00 cost is not mine to bear. It's a pretty little thing, with the emphasis on little, I am afraid I will lose it somewhere! I also have to say up front that the T-Mobile representative that helped me with the order was excellent - extremely helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. A very far cry from other services I've dealt with.
PRO:
Small, sleek, no wheel to give you carpal-tunnel-thumb. Voice dialing is hit or miss, but pretty good for hands-free use. Excellent coverage with T-Mobile on this phone; they must have improved the antenna. Still responds quickly and readily even with my company's encryption software on it. The camera is a wonderful addition, and the pictures really aren't that bad for a 1.3mp phone camera - you just have to have a very steady hand. I haven't yet tried the MP3 player because we don't allow microSD cards in work devices yet. The keyboard is surprisingly well-done and easy to use despite the size, even for the guys in my office. Extremely easy to learn the features and set it up for use. The manuals that come with it are excellent.
CON:
Bad, bad feedback and echo if you're talking to another cell user. Camera and voice dialing buttons are right where you tend to grasp the phone, leading to many misdialed calls and lots of pictures of my feet and car dashboard. The trackball is a wonderful idea, but it doesn't give me the feeling it will be operational for the long term - it's pretty delicate. Doesn't appear to be compatible with many computer USB ports for charging - repeatedly reports the power output is too low. The backlight tends to flicker. The smart-typing feature seems lacking on this phone.
All in all, I am enjoying the phone and don't regret buying it, but if my job hadn't paid for it, I doubt I would have spent the money - I would have just gotten another 7100t, which lasted me faithfully for two years.
Otherwise, NO ONE HAS SKINS OR HOLSTERS FOR THIS MODEL. I've been to about a dozen different stores, websites, and kiosks, and no one has any cases or even knows when they'll get more. Even the ones on eBay turn out to be universal cases. [...]
 "The Black-Pearl" : Old time owner of Pocket PC (MS mobile), Ericsson, etc But I am a convert now... October 20, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am a first timer Blackberry owner. Have long story of regular, fancy and not fancy phones (sony-ericsson, imate, pocket pc, MS mobile phones, samsung, nokia, panasonic).
I am truly impressed by the design, the easy of use and the very complete featureset of the BB pearl compared to any of the others I have owned so far.
Above all, I am impressed by how easy it is to set and use everything up. Without reading the manual (which is weak) but using the 'great' included help i could get it running almost immediatly. It just works. There are some features that are really difficult to consider or use on other phones but here are a snap.
Browsing the internet, looking at maps (from the contact's address jumps almost immediatly to the map location). Installed google maps phone version which provides online traffic info (in my case I am interested in Seattle's traffic) and I was quite impressed by the speedy response to give me the traffic info before driving home at rush hour.
Not sure whether this is the best phone, but it is the best 'really-smart' phone I got so far.
With the 'phone-profile' (it has 5) it allows me to switch very quickly from silent to loud, to sleep, etc
I was not aware of the following functionality until a friend of mine told me, but If you happen to have phone case with magnets, the phone detects its being stored and automatically switches to stand by (conveniently saving battery life)
The menus to configure the phone could be a little better (it is too much java like) I think, but I guess they tried to maximize the amount of text at any given time on each screen.
It has useful pre wired internet shortcuts and t-zones site is very useful (although at times I feel it lacks substance). I acuired this phone for its email, browsing and instant messaging capabilities. My company's IT department filters hotmail, instant messaging access, so being able to receive and answer external email and IM was an essential part of my desicion.
The included photo camera sensitivity is decent for low light conditions compared to other camera phones.
About the signal: it works great inside my office, which was not the case for previous GSM phones (including sony ericson, i-mate phones).
The amount of features and quality of the phone are really impressive.
Service with t-mobile and blackberry seems good so far.
My concerns:
The track ball may get grease and with time loose accuracy.
I am really dissapointed I can't buy yet an original blackberry case or skin to protect the phone and it doesn't come with any plastic one. The case will be released only after November 17! (or October 26 for a few of the cases). It brings very cheap plastic sheets that soon lost the stick power.
The speaker phone volume and microphone sensitivity haven't impressed me at all.
The rign volume neither. But I guess is due to (and partially compensated) by the size of the phone.
The desktop synchronizer for the pc just does not let you select when there are conflicts synchronizing the contacts with the desktop's outlook. But it worked and passed all the information well. I would just love to have the option of deciding which contacts I want to sync and which ones to keep ignoring.
Overall: Perfect phone for me. I recommend you get it via the $49 Amazon deal (involves tmobile two years contract though) but I think is worth every penny and can't stop enjoying it!
Good luck choosing yours.
Very good phone with some initial problems. October 20, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had a bad first impresion with this phone. During the first 3 days of use the phone will crash every once in a while. And to get it back, you will need to remove the battery so that it resets. These crashes did not always occur in the same application. After the fourth day, things started to improve. Maybe due to a SIM update 9804 message, I received. This message apparently self installed something in the SIM card and this fixed the problems I was having. The SIM card contains T-Mobile network information.
The next problem I had, occured after a week of use. The T-mobile network connection failed and I could not make calls from the phone. I had to call T-Mobile and they fix it within minutes. I had to turn the phone off (no reset) while they changed something in my account.
The reason I am awarding 5 stars to this phone is that after that first bad impression, the phone has performed flawless for three weeks. Where the phone excels is in the exterior design (small and beautiful). The email performance is also excellent. The Internet is very useful for keeping track of your stock or reading news.
If you have a rocky start with the phone, refer to [...] It is a very good source of information.
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