BlackBerry Pearl-8120 Titanium Review - At a Glance

At a Glance

What’s Not Good: OS Menus and Fonts Remind me of 1989; SureType QWERTY board will be too small for some; Video capture quality is mediocre

Bottom Line: T-Mobile’s new Pearl takes a good thing and makes it better by way of integrated Wi-Fi networking for data access and T-Mob’s HotSpot@Home service.  A few other minor improvements make the handset’s media player and keyboard a little bit better.  Pearl’s still too small for my hands, but it packs smartphone functionality and money saving features into a great device that looks and feels like a phone — not a brick.  RIM’s gotta overhaul their user interface soon, though.  The icons and fonts feel more and more dated every day.

Specs:
Make/Model: RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120
Network: GSM
Data: EDGE, 802.11 b/g WiFI
Carrier: T-Mobile (Locked)
Size: 107 x 50 x 14 mm
Weight: 91 g
Form Factor: Candybar
Display: 2.25” Color LCD, 260 x 240 resolution, 65,000 Colors
Memory:  64 MB built-in, microSD card slot
Notable Features: SureType QWERTY keyboard; Trackball navigation; Push Email; IM Clients; HotSpot@Home (UMA calling); myFaves support; 3.5mm headphone jack; 2MP camera;