Research In Motion BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Gold Unlocked

Product Details

• ASIN: B001HCTJRA
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Product Description

Product Description
Product Description The unlocked BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Smartphone is one of the world's smallest smartphones, and packs all of the power you expect from a BlackBerry® Smartphone. It comes complete with digital camera, multimedia capabilities and expandable memory. And it offers users everything else you would expect from a BlackBerry Smartphone?including phone, email, web browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), instant messaging, organizer applications and more. The BlackBerry Pearl Smartphone is small enough to take anywhere. It's the ultimate combination of brains and beauty. Camera - Capture the moment in perfect clarity with 1.3MP, built-in zoom and flash Browser - Navigate and browse websites with a roll and click of the trackball Organizer - Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more BlackBerry Maps - Get directions and view maps while on the road Corporate data access - Access your vital corporate databases and applications from anywhere 64 MB of built-in memory and expandable memory via microSD card Bluetooth capability for hands-free dialogue High-resolution, light-sensing screen SureType keyboard technology in a QWERTY-style layout for fast text and email composition Not sold with a USA manufacturer's warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars not a refurbished, but, February 12, 2009

By	J. Ahearn "gusburnz" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

for what it's worth, i had very good luck with a new, unlocked gold pearl 8100 from amazon, and have no complaints

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just don't buy it!, October 23, 2008

By	Bookworm (California) - See all my reviews

This phone has to be the most unreliable phone ever made. I've had three of them in less than 2 years, the first 2 being replaced because of faults. In all three the trackball stopped working in at least one direction, usually the direction you most use it for which in my case is down. It makes the phone almost unusable since keyboard shortcuts cannot always replace what you want to do (e.g. read an email that is below the currently selected one). This is an incredibly common fault - just search the web for "Blackberry Pearl" and "Trackball".

My latest Pearl is the worst of the lot:
1. The trackball doesn't work in TWO directions.
2. Dozens of phanton internet icons have appeared on the screen from nowhere and I can't get rid of them.
3. The 'cursor' flickers rapidly from one icon to it's neighbor.
4. It spams my contacts with empty text messages.
5. The internet browser stops working after a few minutes and the only fix is to hard reboot (i.e. take the battery out)
6. The predictive text, which with this keyboard you must use, is terrible. Common words like "I've" it spells as "U've".

I've given up on it. The Pearl is utter, utter RUBBISH.