BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Disadvantages

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 review: Back in style

 

 

Introduction

Berries have been changing – in small steps, and big leaps. Sometimes stumbling, other times graceful and assertive. It seems the time was finally right for the Pearls’ makeover too.

It’s been almost three years since the last of the Pearls. But if you wanna know what kept RIM busy all that time you’ll have to look up the Storm and the Torch. Touchscreen or the highway wasn’t a choice RIM wanted to make but had to.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM support
• Tri-band UMTS support with HSDPA (3.6Mbps)
• 2.25" 256K-color TFT display of 360x400 pixel resolution
• 624MHz CPU
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support
• 3.15 megapixel auto-focus camera with geotagging, LED flash
• Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 32GB), 2GB card included
• Dedicated music keys
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Excellent audio quality
• Optical trackpad navigation
• BlackBerry OS v5.0 with an official upgrade roadmap to OS 6
• Nice web browser
• Office document editor
• Smart dialing
• DivX and XviD video support

Main disadvantages

• No email support or BlackBerry maps without a BlackBerry Internet Service account (plan)
• BlackBerry OS v 5.0 offers basic text-only submenus
• No FM radio
• No front facing video-call camera
• Glossy front is a fingerprint magn