RIM Blackberry Pearl 8120
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AT&T finally got its hold of RIM BlackBerry smartphones with its introduction to the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120. This small smartphone magnificently embedded Wi-Fi and a 2.0 Megapixel camera. Who said that BlackBerry can’t be that stylish and trendy and would be trapped in the world of feature-deprivation? The BlackBerry Pearl proved the speculations otherwise.
The candy bar-like design of BlackBerry Pearl 8120 makes the whole world talking trying to analyze how the functions of a smartphone could be embedded inside such tiny component. The Pearl 8120 has a dimension of 4.2 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches and a weight of 3.2 ounces. The phone looks very attractive and sleek with its deep sapphire blue color.
The 2.25 inch screen displays 65K color on a 260 x 20 pixel resolution. It has a light-sensing technology that adjusts backlighting in relation to the environment which helps attain a crisp, bright and well-readable text, video and images. New themes, graphics, fonts and colors were also added. Navigation keys are located below the display. These keys include Talk and End keys, menu shortcut, back button, pearl trackball and the SureType keyboard, which is the QWERTY-like keyboard that cramps out two letters in a single key.
The left side of the phone is where the 3.5mm headphone jack, mini-USB port. microSD memory card slot and push-to-talk button are located. The right side is where the camera activation button and volume controls are located. The mute button is on the top of the unit while the 2 Megapixel camera, mirror and flash are located on the back side.
Pearl 8120’s greatest contribution in the features section is the inclusion of WiFi on its offerings. It includes a setup wizard that helps in the configuration of the device although it automatically scans for networks and hotspots. It only supports AT&T’s EDGE network. 8120 also has an improved web browser. Other connectivity options include the Bluetooth 2.0 which supports Bluetooth wireless headsets, hands-free kits and serial ports. Although 8120 doesn’t include a GPS radio, there is an option to a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
Pearl 8120 is a quad-band world phone and offers these voice features: speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling and speed dialing. Of course, it has real-time e-mail support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino or Novell GroupWise. It also includes an attachment viewer that opens famous file formats like Microsoft Word, Excel, JPEG, GIF and a lot more.
Multimedia lovers will also have fun with Pearl 8120. It has a built-in media player that can play a number of music files like MP3, WMA, AAC and MIDI files and H.263 video files. The 2.0-megapixel camera has 5x zoom, flash, white-balance setting and color effects that can enhance the photos.
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BlackBerry 8820 held a record in BlackBerry history for being the first unit of its kind to have an integrated Wi-Fi. 8820 retained a number of features that were present already in previous BlackBerry units and what emerged was a smartphone targeted to corporate users who valued performance more than entertainment values. 8820 is released under AT&T.
BlackBerry 8820 is reminiscent to the design of its predecessor, the BlackBerry 8800. With the following measurement: 4.5 x 2.6 x 0.5 inches, the black and sleek 8820 weighs 4.7 ounces. The phone being somewhat wide as compared to a majority of smartphones makes phone calls and texting a bit uncomfortable for users. Its 2.5 inch screen features 65K colors at a resolution of 320 x 20 pixels. Texts and images look vibrant and automatic backlighting adjustments are also included in the unit.
Below the screen is a full QWERTY keyboard that is identical with the BlackBerry 8800. It also includes the Talk and End Keys, Menu and Escape buttons and the trackball navigator. The right portion of the phone is where the volume controls are located, while in the left are the mini USB port, 2.5 millimeter headset jack and a pre-defined key that launches the PTT or Push-to-talk services of AT&T. A microSD expansion slot is located behind the battery.
The top portion is where the power and mute buttons are located. As mentioned earlier, the BlackBerry 8820 doesn’t include a camera. What will always remain as the best feature of the BlackBerry 8820, or any BlackBerry phones for that matter, is its excellent e-mail features. The e-mail application is very easy to set up and users can load up to ten e-mails accounts.
Synching the phone to users of IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange or Novell GroupWise is possible with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server subscription. A preloaded BlackBerry Messenger is also included and users can easily download versions of AIM, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger for every user’s instant messaging needs.
The 8820 supports Wi-Fi connectivity and T-Mobile HotSpot. Thanks to EDGE connection, loading with sites such as ESPN and CNN using the 8820 is faster. Viewing web sites with 8820 is possible with Page View or Desktop View options, although its always recommendable to use the Desktop. A built-in GPS support is also included that is very helpful for drivers.
Even without the camera, the 8820 still walks up a notch in mobile technology by featuring multimedia features. It includes a media player that can play MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, and eAAC+ music formats and MPEG-4 P2, H.263, and WMV video formats. It also offers music streaming via XM Radio although BlackBerry asks for extra charge for such features.