BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Review

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BlackBerry have made their name on full QWERTY keyboards on their mobile phones, so it was a bit of a shock when the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 came out with a traditional alphanumerical keypad in 2010. This makes it one of the only smart phones with an alphanumerical keppad, most of them being touchscreens of course. If you miss those alphanumeric pads but still want a smart phone, it's definitely worth checking out the phone deals on the Pearl 3G 9105.

Specifications

The Pearl 3G is quite a small phone, resting nicely on your palm and slipping in to a pocket with ease. With the keypad taking up a lot of space, the screen is small, as you would expect. It has good resolution though, and navigating through the menus with the optical trackpad is fast although it takes some getting used to. BlackBerry's operating system seemed dated even when it came out in 2010, there's no problems after a bit of practice.  There can be no complaints with the optical trackpad though, it is extremely responsive.

One of the great things about this BlackBerry, as opposed to some of the others from that time, is that you have all the connectivity you could want. There's 3G, wi-fi, GPS, the lot. It also comes with Facebook and Twitter apps installed, and integrates social media well. However there is a problem with BlackBerry App World, the marketplace for BlackBerry apps, in that it's very limited as opposed to the Apple and Android app stores, and is more expensive as well.

However if you want to use the phone mostly for messaging and emailing, it's still a great. It has the BlackBerry Messenger for one thing, which allows you to message freely (that is, for free) with any other BlackBerry users wherever they are in the world. Most people would probably prefer to be able to do that on one of the full QWERTY keyboards BlackBerry are famous for, but if you're a whizz on the alphanumeric pad and don't want to change, then this might just be the smart phone you've been looking for.  It is a nice one, with well spaced out keys and a wavy design making it easier to tell where you are on the keypad without having to look.

There's also a 3.2MP camera, which is okay considering the phone's 2 years old.  You get 256MB internal storage, but you can beef that up because there's room for a microSD card.

For the full specs, check out BlackBerry's website.

Phone Deals

This is still a very good little phone if you mainly want to use your phone for messaging and calling, with some web surfing mixed in too. Being 2 years old now, as you would expect there are some great BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 black monthly contract deals available online now.