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| BlackBerry Pearl 8100c Smartphone Slate Grey (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
List Price: $499.99
Buy Used: $194.54
You Save: $305.45 (61%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 1973
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8100c
UPC: 843163013018
ASIN: B000KFUK9Q
Release Date: November 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 I have this with T-Mobile December 13, 2006
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Since i can't comment on features, as they may be different between carriers, I can state a few things in general about this phone.
You can go to [...] and download different themes and games, which I LOVE! The resolution on the screen is fantastic, and overall, it's fairly easy to use. There IS a bit of a learning curve, but i was mastering it within a few weeks.
I have wifi, full internet capabilities, and you can download Gmail to your phone from the website and get your own icon for it. I looks just like your gmail online.
Also, if you have yahoo mail, i suggess setting a bookmark for [...], rather than configuring a mailbox. The mailbox doesn't do a good job of filtering spam, so it's annoying to get spam text messages and can get costly if you don't have an unlimited text messeging plan.
Downsides: it scratches very easily taking away from it's sleek look and the battery door, can break and slide off very easily. However, you can buy a replacement from [...].
also, I hear this is a blackberry quirk, but the Instant messenger seems to fail quite a bit when trying to send IM's back and forth between your contacts. This can be very frustrating as you have zero indication that your messages are not getting through or that they aren't coming through. **Can become a problem very fast if you are relying on it for communication.** I never had this problem with my RAZR using the same service.
Last downside, the memory expansion doesn't recognize anything over 1Gb. I tried to use the 2Gb microSD that Verizon offers for[...], but it didn't work, so I had to settle for a 1Gb, which is still neat.
All, in all, I love this phone. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who only uses their phone for talking and texting. Way too many features will be lost.
Almost Perfect but (All interested buys must read). December 10, 2006
139 out of 144 found this review helpful
Okay, this phone does everything.
Programs-The reason I included this first is because all Cingular Users need to be aware of this. This phone is capable of AIM, Yahoo messanger, ect... but you must download an additional program. On Tmobile AIM is availible from the start, but Cingular does not provide any Apps for this. This link will provide you with programs to use instant chat services for this phone. I use Rambal, a free program for AIM and it works flawlessly. Second note-Instant messanging with programs such as this counts as general Data, not messanging. So, all owners must have (I have the $40 unlimited DATA plan, but plans start in the $20s) data plans, not SMS messaging plans to use this. Use this link to find aftermarket messaging programs that you require.
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Screen-Outstanding, very sharp, great color saturation, great shape. The colors stand out more than on the screen of a 5.5G Ipod, its fantastic.
Sound Quality/ Call Quality-Decent, not outstanding, far better than your average Razr or of the like, but this phone is $499 without contract and there are phones with better Sound/ Call Quality. Note: You must by an adaptor to use headphones if you intend to listen to music as this uses a very small mic. jack. You can purchase one for about $15 on everything [...]
Suretype-This is better than Qwartry, my friend has one for her business and this is far superior. It takes about 2 hours to really master, but its outstanding. I can type much faster than she can, even though the Pearl does not have a regular Qwartry keyboard.
Memory-The phone has enough memory on board if you only plan on using it as a phone. But, if you want to use that camera or recieve emails you need to buy MicroSD, Scandisk makes up to 2 gig capacity. I highly recomend at LEAST 1 gig because of all the features of this phone, if you buy this phone with Data, GET 2 Gigs ($70 on amazon about). It is not a hassle to access the memory behind the battery, given the size of SDMicro (about the size of a thumdnail) I am glad to know it is safely enclosed behind the battery panel.
Email-When you get this phone, you can easily send all your email to this phone.
Currently I am sending my Gmail, .Mac, and Aol email to my Blackberry. All three have their own message boxes on my blackberry interface, but all emails are also shown in my blackberrys general mailbox which is convienent and works similiarly to Enterage.
Microsoft Office programs-Opens powerpoint, word, excel, PDF...ect flawlessly, just like you would expect with images and all sharply displayed.
Music/ Camera- This phone can play everything, MP3s, MPG4s, AACs, ect. Just note to all Itunes users-IT CANNOT PLAY MUSIC BOUGHT FROM ITUNES. Remember that Itunes music is encryped with protected AAC so you must convert your music to MP3s for it to work. The Camera is decent, images are grainy, I would compare picture quality to Isight. Only drawback is that it cannot record Video, a feature I am sure the next iteration will entail.
Syncing-Has problems with Bluetooth syncing with Apple computers. I have found though that using Pocketmac (google it, RIM bought Pocketmac so while it is free you cannot download it from Pocketmac anymore, and instead must go to a RIM webpage). Pocketmac lets you sync countless programs, including almost all OSX programs, office mail programs, and even Lotus notes. Remember for Pocketmac though, you have to OPEN THE PROGRAM FIRST THEN ATTACH YOUR BLACKBERRY USING USB, OTHERWISE THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE A SYNCING ERROR.
No Wifi is a drawback, but for Data, Cingulars network is actually very fast, it does take about 10 minutes for all my emails to appear on my blackberry.
Overall-Best phone I have ever owned.
If it synced better with my mac, had video capture, had Wifi, and played all my tunes along with a regular headphone port, I would be VERY happy. Also, it is too bad Cingualr doesnt provide IM support out of the box, but reseaarch and 3rd party developers firxed that.
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