BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

blackberry pearl 3g 9105 review

Release Date:  Q2 2010
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BlackBerry has always been popular for churning out the best of QWERTY keypad phones. This time, the company makes an exception by launching its first handset with the conventional alpha numeric keypad, instead of QWERTY. The device is named as the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105. There are no specialized texting buttons, which makes this pearl 9105 3G narrower by a small margin than the leading device of the company, which is BlackBerry Bold 9700. However, it is not any indication that BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 is turning away from its trademark of QWERTY devices as it has also made an announcement of two other phones, which are BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 and BlackBerry Bold 9650. Let’s get back to the pearl 9105 and take a look at its offerings. Just chopping off the texting feature does not imply that the device has compromised on the other aspects. The new Pearl 9105 3G has, in fact, all the highlights of the Bold. In addition to that, the mobile phone comes with high speed download capacity with HSDPA 3G and Wi Fi. It also includes the GPS support, which shows that the handset is a super cool device that has a huge potential. 3G 9105 Pearl is aimed at those mobile phone users who want to use the traditional alpha numeric keyboard and also the powerful email compatibility of the brand BlackBerry. Therefore, the mobile phone has everything that ranges from the push email to Blackberry messenger for free IMs to other BlackBerry devices all across the globe. The expected release time of the mobile phone is the third quarter of 2010; there is no disclosure about price as yet.

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 – the display and the look

Look of a mobile phone is definitely the deciding factor for the buyers. 9105 3G pearl is small, cute and stylish. It has a shiny case that looks very sophisticated and rich, it deviates from its traditional business-like look. In fact, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 has added a bit of funkiness to its character as it comes with a variety of shades such as opal pink, piano black, flash white, royal purple, and red gradient. The phone measures 108 x 50 x 13.3 mm, and it weighs 93.6 grams. Therefore, it is quite a light-weight mobile phone that can be carried over easily by the users. On the top of the display screen, you can find the logo of BlackBerry and just under the screen, the major functional keys are positioned. The alpha numeric keys are placed just under the major functional keys. The major highlights of the display include a TFT screen with 256,000 colours and a resolution of 360 x 400 pixels. There is a touch sensitive optical track pad for the easy navigation of the phone’s functionalities. It is extremely handy and fits easily into the palm. There is no need to use both of your hands to operate this new BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Review – network and connectivity

Network plays a key role in the success of a mobile phone. If the network support of a device falters, then it leaves a huge impact on the communication aspect. The basic intention of any mobile phone is to provide good communication features and for that good network support is essential. If you are thinking of purchasing BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105, then you can brace yourself with the network support of both 2G and 3G. You can choose as per your requirements. If you opt for the 2G network, then you will get the support of the quad band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900; in case of 3G, you will get the support of tri band HSDPA 850/ 1900/ 2100 and 900/ 1700/ 2100.

The network feature seems to be quite impressive, what about the connectivity options? It will not let you down either. The device gets the support of general connectivity features such as class 10 GPRS and EDGE at the speed of 32 – 48 kbps and 236.8 kbps respectively. Other than that, high speed internet browsing is also available to the users as the new BlackBerry Pearl 9105 includes the power of 3G HSDPA at 3.6 mbps and Wi Fi 802.11b/g/n.

BlackBerry Pearl Review – the memory

Memory feature is very essential in the present scenario of the mobile usage. Mobile phones are no longer used just for the purpose of making and receiving calls. Today, people purchase these devices by verifying the camera features, music capabilities, video play back options or high end gaming support. All these functionalities have increased the requirement of a bigger storage capacity. Pearl 3G 9105 also includes some feature-rich applications and hence a good memory support is definitely on the cards. The handset comes with an internal memory back up of 256 MB that is capable of loading unlimited phone book entries and call records. The storage capacity is expandable and microSD™ card can be used to enhance the memory up to 32GB. The users will get the 2GB memory card for free at the time of purchase.

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 – the camera, music and video

Entertainment is the key to success for the mobile phones. Pearl 3G 9105 BlackBerry includes some exciting multimedia features to lure the buyers. The camera of the mobile phone is a 3.15 mega pixel snapper with LED flash and auto focus functionalities. The resolution of the images clicked with the camera is 2048 x 1536 pixels. The music lovers can enjoy listening to music by playing diverse files such as MP3/WMA/ WAV/ eAAC+; while the users can watch video of different formats that include MP4/ H.264/ H.263/ WMV.

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 is powered by Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery and it can provide talk time up to 5hours 30 minutes for the 2G network and up to 5 hours for 3G network.