BlackBerry Pearl 8100

Ok, I've had the Blackberry Pearl 8100 for a while now and i think i've got a pretty good idea of what is good and what isn't. Personally i think the phone is really great when is comes to navigating, its really simple and easy to adapt for personal preference.

The keyboard, personally for me is great. Im used to full qwerty's on my phones and i soon adapted. Despite what people say, i think it's easy to move from full to the smaller one. You don't have to move your fingers as much so it saves time and the sure type is great; it always gets all of my words 100% correct.

You can personalise the phone a lot and there are loads of options and menus to get specific things. The track ball gives for nice and easy navigating.

The only thing i can say is bad, is the outer casing. Just from everyday use, it has small scratches on the screen which get irritating, the back cover doesn't last long and the keys get abit loose.

Over all, this phone is a keeper. I have managed to adapt very well to it and i think it serves its perpose very well. I'm sure many other people will like it too, bad reviews put me off at the beginning. Just try it out for your self.

The Blackberry Pearl 8100 is compact and light for all it's features. Nice screen size All went well until it got damp one day. From then on itseemed to become unpredictable. Auto texting everyone in my address book over and over again. Phoning both random and phonebook numbers at it's own will. It wouldn't stay turned off - I had to remove the battery at night and in the cinema. The pearl ball broke within a week. Callers could not hear me at random. It used to hang with its egg timer for hours on end.

In the end I decided that life was better without a Blackberry so I went back to a normal Samsung Handset.

Don't get one if you need to rely on it or have a short fuse.

Well advanced phone... ease of use not very good..... it lasted a day and went back. Sorry guys not everyone's an IT expert. There is a lot easier phones to use out there.

Honestly, I love blackberry products. I have since then moved on to the blackberry curve and I LOVE IT

Overall cant complain about my Blackberry Pearl 8100 it's much better than my N95!

Generally I like the blackberry pearl it does have a lot of good points, unfortunately you can always work, but I generally think the ball is a bad design, because it always breaks, this is my third blackberry in 6 months, they can with stand a beating to the exterior but the ball, like the old ball mouses for your PC, they seem to have the same design floor.

The blackberry pearl 8100 is my favorite device so far. I am a high user being a real estate agent and find this device very user friendly. You have to be very careful not to drop it and I strongly recommend carrying it in a leather case to protect it should it happen to fall as it is a very sensitive computerized device.

Overall, very pleased with my Blackberry Pearl 8100. Nice one.

The Blackberry Pearl 8100 is a very good phone. Emails were easy to set up and use. The two letters per key does take some getting used to but if you are into texting then this is a very good phone. The camera is also very good. The sound quality could do with boosting a little bit as I think it sounds a little tinny.

Horrid phone not thought through. The keyboard is fiddly as is the silly non qwerty set up. Bluetooth is absolute rubbish. RIM have got to sort it. This went back and the 8800 replaced it. Reception better and not one problem with Bluetooth. Bad phone, keep away!