BlackBerry Pearl 8110 Phone, Red (AT&T)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 2 x 0.6 inches ; 3.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B0017YZOTA
• Item model number: 8110
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,482 in Cell Phones & Service (See Bestsellers in Cell Phones & Service)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Stay connected wherever you roam and keep yourself on track for your next meeting with the GPS-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8110 from AT&T, which is compatible with the new AT&T Navigator turn-by-turn driving directions. You'll also enjoy push-to-talk (PTT) capability--an AT&T exclusive--as well as music downloads from AT&T Mobile Music.

The Pearl 8110 continues to offer all the communication features that you've come to expect from Blackberry smartphones, including email served up by the BlackBerry Internet Service and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM). And it's easy to type emails and messages on the go using the Pearl's SureType QWERTY keypad, which provides word completion, advanced editing, and the ability to learn new words. Other features include a 2.0-megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth for both communication headsets and stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion, digital audio player, speakerphone, and voice-activated commands and dialing.

Nicely compact and lightweight at just 3.2 ounces and 0.55 inches thin.

AT&T Service
This quadband phone operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network, with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. It also offers global voice roaming in over 190 and data roaming in over 130 countries.

Among the unique features of the Blackberry Pearl 8110 are AT&T's Push-to-Talk (PTT) service and AT&T Navigator GPS direction service. AT&T Push-to-Talk boasts the largest push to talk coverage area in America. PTT features on the Pearl 8110 include "availability" icons, quick group calling, and the ability to easily convert a PTT session to a regular wireless voice call. You can use your Pearl 8110 to Push-to-Talk to communicate with individual colleagues or friends, or set up groups for broader communication. In addition, the AT&T service offers such standard PTT features as call waiting, contact alerts, as well as text, picture, and voice messaging to anyone in their contact list.

Get turn-by-turn directions from AT&T Navigator.

You can also take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

The Blackberry Pearl 8110 delivers the legendary BlackBerry email experience. With BlackBerry service plans from AT&T, you can receive emails instantaneously from up to 10 email accounts (personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry push technology, you don't need to retrieve your email. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new email arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats).

If your company has a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed, you can also take advantage of the power of wireless calendar synchronization. Your calendar events are exchanged wirelessly and automatically so that your desktop calendar and BlackBerry handheld calendar are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting requests, changes, and updates are instantaneously synchronized instantaneously with your desktop. Make meeting requests, invite new attendees and more, all on your Blackberry Pearl 8110. Users without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync with their desktop calendars and contacts via Bluetooth or USB using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software.

Quickly and accurately type messages thanks to the SureType enhanced predictive text typing technology.

Phone Features
Weighing just 3.38 ounces and just 0.55 inches thin, the Pearl 8110 manages to fit a QWERTY keyboard onto the handset's slim frame. Each button on the keyboard shares two letters and the unit automatically determines which letter is the intended one based on what it predicts you are trying to spell. This unique predictive text technology, known as SureType, makes the Pearl 8110's diminutive size possible. SureType also learns the words you use most often, further enhancing your typing speed.

It sports a large 240 x 260 screen that supports over 65,000 colors--plenty of real estate to view your e-mails, Web browser content, messaging sessions, and attachments. The venerable BlackBerry trackwheel has been replaced on this model with an innovative four-way trackball placed below the screen. On the rear of the handheld, you'll find a 2.0-megapixel camera and a self portrait mirror. The handheld's MicroSD memory card slot is located inside the device, behind the battery. There's also a standard 3.5mm headset jack that can be used with the included headset, as well as a mini-USB port for data connectivity.

The Pearl 8110 features an updated visual interface and integrates a new font rendering technology that displays characters with enhanced legibility at even the smallest point sizes. The BlackBerry Browser is further improved with a new "Page View" option that displays a full web page on the screen along with a magnifying glass that allows the user to quickly and accurately point and zoom in on a specific area of the web page.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. The integrated media player allows you to create and edit playlists right on the handset. The Pearl 8130 also features a 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and enhanced flash. The new camera also supports video capture in two resolutions: 240x180 or 176x144 for sharing via MMS.

Other features include:

• Phone as Modem Capable: Use the included USB cable to connect to laptops for a wireless modem, or choose to run this capability via Bluetooth with no USB cable requirement.
• Voice Command and Voice Activated Dialing: Built-in speaker independent voice command allows users to look up contacts, place phone calls and access key information from the device.
• Voice Notes: Make a voice note and send as an email .wmv file attachment.
• Productivity Tools: View and update your calendar, schedule appointments, checks your task list and more while you're on the go. Also includes a calculator, alarm clock and memo pad.
• Notification: Polyphonic, MIDI, MP3 ringtones plus vibrate mode
• Rating for hearing aids: M3, T3
• 64 MB internal memory
• 3.5mm stereo headset capable
• Built-in speakerphone

Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 weighs 3.2 ounces and measures 4.2 x 1.97 x 0.55 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do Yourself A Favor... BUY A DIFFERENT PHONE!, December 23, 2008

By	Z "Zizzy" - See all my reviews

My personal experience with my phone - I have had my phone a little over a year now. From the very beginning I've had problems. My first Pearl was slow, (and slow is an understatement, the thing took 15 minutes to turn on, and once it was on the hourglass came up everytime I tried to scroll) the internet barely worked, it didn't recieve all my emails or texts, and that's the reason I got a smartphone in the first place, to get emails and go online. So I finally got a new one sent to me from the warranty department. Fine it's all good. Except that the one they sent me had a broken hinge for the memory card. I was able to get the thing in, and now I just deal with it and avoid taking my SD card out as much as possible because I didn't want to deal with the customer service people anymore. That was last year, within the first two months that I got the thing. It worked fine for several months besides all the usual stuff Pearls do. But now I suddenly have problems with recieving my emails, texts, and sometimes even my phone calls. I'm not happy with my phone.

Blackberry Pearl in general - Overall, a cute little phone. It gets the job done. When it works. All the people I know who own Pearls have had issues with theirs, even the girl who sold mine to me. Even when they do work, they are sluggish, the browser is pretty slow, and I'm not too crazy about the software in general. It's a nice size I will admit. And while the keyboard is hard to get used to, now that I'm used to it I don't think I could go back to the old system. The music playback is pretty good. The camera is decent. I don't like that when I'm playing a game and someone calls me it won't interrupt my game for the call. The scrollball is hard to get used to at first, but when you're used to it it is nice. I must warn you that if you don't get the data package, this phone is pretty much useless. So if you want a cool phone but don't want to spend $30 a month, get a cheaper phone that actually works.

AT&T - This is the worst part of the deal. If you have a choice, choose a different carrier. I live in a small town, and there is really only one part of town where I get good reception. I tried bigger cities, and those are almost worse. Not to mention AT&T's customer service reps are not friendly. And if you need to cancel for any reason, you will be charged a ridiculously high penalty. Even if you cancel a few minutes before midnight the day your contract expires. This isn't everyone's experience, but in my experience the dealer who sold me my phone lied to my face to make a sale. So do yourself a favor, buy a different phone, and choose a different carrier.

2 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too smart for me, September 6, 2008

By	Pam A. Fults "tufbroad" (Allen, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently purchased the BlackBerry 8110 Smartphone from AT&T, and am still learning how to use the equipment. In fact, after a month I am going to an AT&T store to show me how to put in voice mail messages. I love the phone and it will help me keep organized as soon as I figure it out.