- Wireless email
- Corporate data access
- Bright, high resolution display
- Advanced security features
- Make calls in your car using convenient Bluetooth hands-free technology
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The BlackBerry 7100g is the first of its kind-- a fully-featured mobile phone that delivers the power of BlackBerry e-mail. This is one sweet little handset, loaded with all of the cool features you want, like integrated Bluetooth connectivity, speakerphone, and downloadable ringtones. Plus, surf the Web the way it was meant to be surfed with an ultra-large, high-resolution color screen.
Design-wise, the BlackBerry 7100g is a departure from the form factor of previous BlackBerry devices. This BlackBerry handset is far more phone-like, and RIM's engineers have managed 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, enables the BlackBerry 7100g's diminutive size. SureType also learns the words you use most often, further enhancing your typing speed.
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The BlackBerry 7100g sports a large 240 x 260 screen that displays over 65,000 colors-- plenty of real estate to view your emails, web browser content, messaging sessions and attachments. The venerable BlackBerry trackwheel is located on the right side of the unit for quick scrolling through menus and emails. A speakerphone is housed in the top portion of the rear of the handset, just above the removable battery door. There's also a standard 2.5mm headset jack that can be used with the included headset.
Calling Features
All the calling capabilities folks have come to expect in a wireless phone are present in the BlackBerry 7100g. As mentioned, the handset's speakerphone makes it easy to use the device handsfree, or if you prefer, use a wireless headset via the BlackBerry 7100g's built-in Bluetooth capability. A vibrating alert, speed dial, and a contacts list/address book that is limited only by the unit's 32 MB of internal memory, are also included. Any of the phone's 32 included polyphonic ringtones can be used to create caller-specific ringers so you can know who's calling without having to look at the handset. More ringtones are available from Cingular's MEdia mobile web service.
Messaging, Internet and Tools
While the BlackBerry 7100g is a different kind of BlackBerry device, it's still delivers the legendary BlackBerry email experience. With BlackBerry service plans from Cingular, 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. Instead, 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 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 7100g. 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.
Use the BlackBerry 7100g handset's Web browser to access the Internet from the palm of your hand. Browse Web sites, get up-to-date stock quotes, read the latest news, check weather reports and more. Instant messaging and wireless messaging are also built into the BlackBerry 7100g. The handset supports AOL, Yahoo and ICQ instant messaging, as well as SMS text messaging. MMS messages can be received and forwarded.
The BlackBerry 7100g ships with a number of tools, including a calculator with a unit converter and a to-do list. The handset supports Java application and game downloads (available via the MEdia Net service). One game, BrickBreaker, is included.
Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry 7100g weighs 4.30 ounces and measures 4.70 x 2.30 x 0.8 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 8 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
BlackBerry 7100g handset, international travel charger, USB cable, battery, holster, hands-free headset, SIM card, BlackBerry Desktop Software.
Product Description
The Blackberry 7100G is an all-in-one phone GSM quad-band world phone for the Cingular ALLOVER Network. Slim and stylish this handset design features a large, high-resolution color LCD screen and a new SureType QWERTY keyboard that makes typing easier. BlackBerry "Push" technology automatically sends e-mail to your 7100g whether it’s from your corporate or personal e-mail accounts. Additional features include Bluetooth wireless technology for use with wireless headsets and car kits, as well as integrated speakerphone and ample memory for application and data storage.
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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Blackberry, Horrible Phone,
By Scott R (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: RIM Blackberry 7100G GSM Phone AT&T Rogers T-Mobile Unlocked (Scratch & Dent) (Electronics)
I'm part of the market RIM targeted for this phone - people who really didn't want to carry that blocky blue thing and wanted something a bit more phone-like. Looking around the building, I think they're succeeding, but wow, what a terrible phone.
Physically: the phone is light - it also feels flimsy and the casing feels fake. I've already dropped it a few times (par for the course for me in general), and it's survived, but I feel like a stiff wind causes some risk. The screen is already scratching, though slightly and unobtrusively. Blackberry-like features: I also won't extol the virtues of the Blackberry - either you get it or you don't - except to say that Outlook/Exchange integration is excellent, the best Calendar integration, in particular, that I've seen. I don't know why the Contacts don't sync wirelessly, which for me isn't much of a problem but may be more difficult for others. I get emails to my Blackberry faster than they appear in my Outlook. Level 1 messaging, which isn't defined absolutely anywhere for the customer, is a great feature. I cannot comprehend why you can't default the mailbox to your inbox, rather than the everything-you-do-box, but c'est la vie. Much gnashing of teeth about the keyboard. I can empathize, but having never used the normal Blackberry keyboard, I can't compare. I don't love SureType - it doesn't pick up new words well, and I'd like some autocomplete - but it's fine. My bigger problem with the keyboard is I mistype all the time, and I have small fingers. Not sure what happens to the larger-digited among us. My real complaint, though, is that the basic functionality of a phone is _painful_. I ask very little from a cell phone: mostly, I want quick access to the address book, so I can find names when I'm at a traffic light or walking, and I want to do it without looking at the screen very much. In this, the Blackberry fails miserably. I have to turn this dial and click that and type lots of letters and then turn the dial again. Makes me want to throw the thing out the window. This is not a hard problem - every manufacturer has solved it! - RIM could do so too. I want easy-to-lookup Contacts (one problem with the Contact Outlook integration is I don't have names like "Joe" and "Mom" and "Home" in my contacts), but I concede the problem there, though it's solvable. I'm getting mixed results on the reception, either with the phone held to my face or with the included headset. So yeah, I'd buy it again, but I'd hold my nose. (Wrote the same review for the 7100g and 7100t, since they're the same phone)
39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not the ultimate smartphone anymore, the 8700 is much better,
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This review is from: RIM Blackberry 7100G GSM Phone AT&T Rogers T-Mobile Unlocked (Scratch & Dent) (Electronics)
If you already use a BlackBerry, you don't need me to spend a bunch of time talking about how useful the mail service is. If not, there are plenty of articles about the basics. So, I'll focus on this phone's useability and shortcomings as compared to previous BlackBerries and as compared to other smartphones.
The first thing you notice about the phone is the feature you will appreciate the most; the large color screen. I love how everyone harps on the size of the BlackBerries. The fact is that you can't have a large screen and a keyboard on a phone the size of a matchbook. The size of the unit is about as compact as could possibly be expected for what it does. The second thing you will notice is that the battery cover is slightly loose. This makes the whole phone feel cheap, which is a shame because it's actually well-made other than that one flaw. You do get used to it, but it's amazing how much a small defect like that can change your perception of the phone. The useability of the unit is as good or better than the previous iteration of the BlackBerry, the 7290. It takes a few seconds to grasp that instead of having a screen full of icons that you scroll through to get things done, you now have a compact text menu that accomplishes the same thing, usually faster than before since you have fewer things to scroll through to get where you are going. I like it better. Another big improvement: this thing is much easier to hold and use as a phone than any other BlackBerry. Hands down. No possibility of accidentally hanging up on your call because the side-mounted escape key does not perform that function anymore. This was one of my most severe criticisms of older BlackBerries. Now you have a real dial and hangup key. Much better. Also the earpiece is natural and the sound is much clearer. Older units were almost impossible to keep centered on your ear and the sound volume rarely was high enough. The Bluetooth functionality is still nearly zero. I can't tell you how annoying that is. I keep hearing that they are planning on un-crippling it soon but for now the only thing you can use with it is a wireless headset. The one I have worked pretty well with the older BlackBerry units but I find that the volume is too low on this new one. Maybe there is a software or firmware upgrade that will fix this, but I have not explored that yet. NOTE TO RIM: FIX THE BLUETOOTH. NOW. (UPDATE: BlackBerry still has not fixed the Bluetooth. I have now been through three units via warranty exchange and have used three different brands of Bluetooth headsets. None have corrected the volume, and all produce an echo that is heard by the other party but not by myself. Very disappointing. I am seriously considering the 8700c as an upgrade.) Another thing, and this applies to all BlackBerries not availing themselves of the expensive but excellent BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software solution: there is no "wireless sync" of your email, even though the option appears on your phone. I cannot understand why they don't grey out the option so that users can avoid spending their precious time trying to chase this handy but unavailable feature. With BES, however, your corporate Exchange Server will be continuously and wirelessly synced with your Outlook. This is the ultimate solution. Failing BES, which ordinary users without a corporate server will never have, (plus it costs $2500, making it hard for small businesses to afford either - are you listening, RIM?) you can choose to use the Web Server or the Desktop Redirector. I recommend highly that you stick with the Web Server. The Redirector forces you to keep your desktop computer on all the time, and it is annoying even when it is working properly. Web Server is the way to go here. With the Web Server, your emails come to you realtime, automatically. It's great, and is the key attraction to BlackBerry in the first place. As to the functionality of composing emails, I can only say that the full QWERTY keyboard of the 7290 and other iterations of the BlackBerry is better than this one. I miss it. On the 7100, there are two letters per key, and the phone figures out what you are trying to spell using predictive text software. Generally it works OK, but it is tedious to spell proper names, technical words, etceteras. You need a little more patience. On the other hand, it's a giant leap forward compared to regular phones where you have to multitap to get the right letters. Further, what you give up in text entry you gain in phone dialing, which is MUCH easier on the 7100. This is a true integrated device. When someone calls, it instantly looks up your contact and displays the name as it appears in your Outlook address book. If someone emails you, when you open the email, if you click the wheel the options that are presented are specific to that email; only options that you can actually accomplish will show. You can call the contact who emailed you from this screen, respond to the email, SMS that contact, etceteras. No lookup is required. I found the sync between Outlook and the 7100 to be flawless. MUCH BETTER than Palm OS, and as a longtime Palm user (since 1995) I know what I'm talking about. You can even sync it to multiple address databases (I sync to my personal addresses and my corporate addresses simultaneously) and it did fine with 4500 addresses in memory. It has NEVER locked up on me or performed even a soft reboot. There are a bunch of ringtones, which I could care less about, but they are now polyphonic which is a large leap forward for RIM. And, a speakerphone that actually works rather well. The holster is great as long as you don't try to clip it to your belt or anything else. In other words, it's useless. The holster on the 7290 was very useful and well made. Not sure why RIM moved away from that - big mistake. You won't use the holster. I recommend you just carry the phone in your hand or pocket. Choose a pocket that doesn't have keys or change, though, because this thing will get scratched if you don't take care of it. Overall, I like the phone. I just hope that RIM will address its shortcomings in the next round and come up with the ultimate integrated phone solution (which - trust me on this - doesn't currently exist. Period.) I think it's the best available, including every Windows Mobile device, every Palm device, and every Symbian device, many of which I'm familiar with either from personal experience or from having researched them. The 7100 should tide you over until the ultimate phone does eventually get created. We are probably within a year or so of a five star smartphone, for those of you that can be patient.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very good cell phone, but...,
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This review is from: RIM Blackberry 7100G GSM Phone AT&T Rogers T-Mobile Unlocked (Scratch & Dent) (Electronics)
This is a very good cell phone and Amazon.com gives the best deal. But, you can't transfer your old phone number from different provider to Cingular through Amazon.com. If you transfer your old phone number, you won't get your mail-in rebate. Please read amazon.com mail-in rebate rules carefully!!!
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