BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Phone, Indigo
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
- Slim, powerful Blackberry messaging phone in indigo with SureType hybrid numeric/QWERTY keypad
- Wi-Fi capabilities for T-Mobile’s Hotspot @Home service for unlimited nationwide calls; compatible with T-Mobile’s MyFaves service
- 2.0-megapixel camera (with video capture); Bluetooth stereo music streaming; MicroSD memory expansion
- Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time; measures 4.21 x 1.97 x 0.55 inches (HxWxD)
- Includes: rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, USB cable, stereo handsfree headset, Blackberry Desktop software
Amazon.com Product Description
The latest edition of the BlackBerry Pearl, the 8120 brings support for T-Mobile’s Hotspot @Home service, which enables you to make calls from the GSM cellular network and then seamlessly transfer them to your Wi-Fi network. The Pearl 8120 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). 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.
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clintmct says:
February 28th, 2010
3:57 am
I have been a fan of the PERL concept for a long time. I love the utility that the track ball brings and aids in the prevention of accidental calls when placed in your pocket, which is what you should be able to do with a compact cellular handset. I would love the Perl more if BlackBerry did not require the corporate data package in order for me to have unlimited MMS and SMS text messaging, which significantly increases the cost of ownership for an otherwise, simple and elegant handset that has the ideal dimensional profile for a consumer communication device.
Thats my gripe. The purpose of my review is to inform color conscience consumers, fasion orientated or not, that “Indigo” is a shade of violet and is not “Blue”. The term Indigo is actually one of the more Cyan (pure blue) of the shades of violet and what T-Mobile labled as indigo, is actually more acurately described as “Purple” or “Aubergine”(eggplant).
I thought I was buying a blue phone and got a purple phone. But with the Blackberry blue silicone case, you can buy one cheap through amazon, you can own yourself a nice “BlueBerry” And its the most visually pleasing phone I’ve ever owned.
Clinton Born II
Rating: 4 / 5
anonymous says:
February 28th, 2010
4:53 am
The pearl is one of the, if not the worst, cell phones I have owned in 10 years.
Within the first few months:
-the trackball was working inconsistently
-the red call-end/power button functioned only half the time
-the headphone jack stopped working consistently. It takes 10 seconds for the phone to recognize that a headset is plugged it, which sucks when you’re in the middle of a call. Sometimes it doesn’t work at all.
What a P.O.S!
The only pro about this phone is that the calendar and contacts sync with my Mac OS.
To add insult to injury, T Mobile customer service sucks 8@!!5. They only get good reviews because they sound cheerful on the phone and act like they care. God forbid you experience a real problem–half of them don’t know their a55 from their elbow. Tech support takes hours. Literlly! And tech support rarely helps (because of the a55/elbow thing).
I thought I hated Cingular/AT&T customer service until I switched to T Mobile. At least at Cingular they don’t put on a compassionate facade then dispense crappy service, they just cut straight to the crappy service.
Rating: 1 / 5