The BlackBerry Pearl 8100: For the best in Entertainment and Communication

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is a mobile with which can be used to fulfill quite a few of the communication and entertainment needs of a person's life. The device keeps options open for people to connect with friends and colleagues with a number of alternatives that guarantee the "best" connectivity. The 8100 works on 2G networks and is GSM enabled. This allows the user of this phone to remain connected from almost any place on earth.


The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 has 107 x 50 x 14.5 mm dimensions and weighs only 89.5 gms. The display screen gives a resolution of 240 x 260 pixels and is supported by 65 K colours. This screen is good for viewing of pictures, videos and even playing games. There is a QWERTY keyboard that makes sending and receiving messages easy. There is also a WAP browser that allows you to access different websites and web portals. The user can open pages of several sites and download items for the purpose of storing them in the memory of the device. One can download ringtones, pictures, wallpapers, screen savers, videos and lot more. These provide an enormous opportunity to the users to use these downloaded items for making the handset more enigmatic.


Connectivity of the mobile is maintained with options such as GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth and USB port. It is possible to transfer files wirelessly as well as with cable cords. This blackberry mobile phone is good for the purpose of entertainment with options such as a 1.3 MP camera and a music player. The camera can capture immaculate pictures at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. The pictures can be viewed on the screen and later can be transferred to other gadgets with the aid Bluetooth or cable cords. The media player can play videos as well as other audio songs and albums. The battery of the handset can give a standby time of 360 hr and a talktime of 3 hr and 30 mins. This battery support is excellent for using the phone for long hours without the chance of the charge getting elapsed soon. The Pearl 8100 pink phone has 64 MB flash memory.

BlackBerry 8700F would be the first phone with a quad-band facility.

The BlackBerry 8700F would be the first phone with a quad-band facility. The 8700F model operate on a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network and has features like QVGA 320 x 240 LCD screen, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, call forwarding, and Bluetooth connectivity. It is to be mentioned that its unique light-sensing technology automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen and keyboard. The adjustments takes place according to lightning conditions and a 64 MB of flash memory, 16 MB SDRAM and an Intel(R) XScale(R) cellular processor.

The BlackBerry 8700F Wireless Handheld device comes with the functionalities such as email, phone, browser, instant messaging and organiser into one compact, integrated device. So, user of the phone comes with an uncompromising email, browsing and voice performance in a thin, stylish, and lightweight handheld with a full QWERTY or AZERTY keyboard.

The BlackBerry 8700F also provides Quad-Band network support on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks to allow for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Beside all these features, the phone comes with an integrated address book, calendar, memo pad, task list. It is to be mentioned that the Blackberry 8700F has other features like MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) which combines text and images on a single message. Furthermore, it has other feature like Speakerphone, Smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial and call forwarding.

Coming to the communicating part of the phone, it comes with a Bluetooth capability for hands-free dialogue via headsets and car kits. Moreover, it also comes with an integrated attachment viewing. It also comes with compatibility with popular Personal Information Management (PIM) software. Users of the phone would find polyphonic and MP3 ring tones for personalising your device. There is a light sensing screen, which adjusts lighting levels automatically for ideal indoor and outdoor viewing. Moreover, the Blackberry 8700F has dedicated Send, End and Mute keys, plus user definable convenience keys.

Blackberry 8800 – carry office in style

Making a debut in great style, the equally stylish Blackberry 8800 brings the stunning look and versatility of the Pearl to a full QWERTY device. Further, it not only offers expandable memory and multimedia functionalities, but also offers GPS and PTT. In terms of design, the Blackberry 8800 is a little wide, making it difficult for single-handed operation. But that does not pose any problem with the typing, and messaging still remains an impressive feature. The handset comes with a beautiful 2.5-inch (diagonal), 65,000-color display with a 320x240 resolution. Thus, the texts, graphics and images are clear and vivid.

Also, the screen features light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts the backlighting of the screen, as well as the keyboard and trackball, depending upon your location (if you're indoors or outdoors). In terms of feature, the Blackberry 8800 is sure much more than just a messaging device. To start with, the Blackberry 8800 is now a multimedia handset. The built- in media player can be used to listen to music (MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, and MIDI formats) and watch video (MPEG4, WMV, and H.263 files). Plus, the music player comes with many options to customise and edit the tracks.

Road warriors will revel with the GPS feature. It’s simple and hassle free to use. All one needs is to get help of a location-based service, such as TeleNav GPS Navigator, and one can get maps, text and voice-guided driving directions right on the BlackBerry 8800. Plus, one also gets to know about the points of interest and other navigation tools. Another good inclusion in Blackberry 8800 is the advantage of PTT. Other voice features of this device include speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, and world roaming.

Email (something that made Blackberry a stupendous success) remains as easy as before. The handset offers the famed push technology and can sync with your company's BlackBerry Enterprise server with support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise to deliver corporate e-mail in the most hassle free manner. The Blackberry 8800 can support up to 10 accounts including POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail accounts. There is also an email wizard.

And finally, the BlackBerry 8800 includes a number of PIM tools for the business users, including a calendar, a tasks list, a memo pad, an alarm, and a calculator.