The 8100g is a quad-band GSM/EDGE BlackBerry with SureType QWERTY keyboard and slim design. It is also the first BlackBerry phone to feature built-in camera and microSD slot, which can be used for storing of images and multimedia content, as the phone features music and video players. Earlier information shows that the Pearl will have 240x260 pixels display with light-sensor, and the T-Mobile logo on it tips us that this time it won t be Cingular customers that will get their hands on the phone first.
Phone Specifications| Camera | Connectivity | Data | Display | General | Input | Messaging |
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| 2.0 MP | Bluetooth | EDGE | Color | Alarm | Predictive Text | Email |
| Internet | Flight Mode | | Calculator | SureType Keyboard | EMS |
| PC Sync | WAP | | GSM | | Instant Messenging |
| USB | | | Picture ID | | MMS |
| | | | Polyphonic Ringtones | | Text Messaging |
| | | | Ringer ID | | |
| | | | To-do List | | |
| | | | Vibrate | | |
| | | | Voice Memo | | |
| | | | World Phone | | |
| Multimedia | Operating System | Smartphone | Sound | Storage Card | Technology | Type |
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| Music Player | Java Enabled | PDA | 2.5 mm Headphone Slot | MicroSD | GSM Quad-Band | Smartphone (PDA Phone) |
| Internet | Flight Mode | Hands Free Slot | Calculator | SureType Keyboard | EMS |
| PC Sync | WAP | Speakerphone | GSM | | Instant Messenging |
| USB | | Stereo Speaker | Picture ID | | MMS |
The BlackBerry Pearl 8100, the first device that BlackBerry released with a name and the first to feature integrated camera, microSD card slot and multimedia player. The phone runs on BlackBerry OS and has a 240 x 260 pixels TFT 65k display, 312 MHz processor with 32 MB RAM and 64 MB ROM. The phone does come with a 1.3 megapixels camera that has a flash and digital zoom which you can save to the phone’s memory and if it’s not enough, you can add a microSD card to improve the phone’s memory. The phone has a total dimension of 4.20 x 2.00 x 0.57 and weighs around 3.16 oz or 90 g. This is the world’s smallest smartphone that packs all of the power of BlackBerry. It is a Quad-band meaning you can use it internationally (if the phone is unlocked) that supports 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The Lithium Ion battery has a capacity of 900 mAh that can handle 3.50 hours or 215 mins of talk time and will last up to 15 days or 360 hours stand-by time.
