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The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is the first new Pearl "candy bar" phone since the 8110 announced over two years ago, and it's the first Pearl handset to support 3G. It's amazing to think that the Pearl has come all this way without 3G support, but in fact standard messaging operations really don't need anything more than plain old GPRS.
This is more than the old version of the Pearl with 3G support slapped on, the Pearl 3G comes with a very high resolution 360 x 400 pixel display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, support for 802.11 b, g and n WiFi (one of the few phones that supports the new, faster 802.11n protocol). Inside is a 624Mhz processor (twice as fast as the 8110) and 256MB memory. The Pearl 3G has GPS support built in, and it supports Bluetooth 2.1 and microSD memory cards up to 32GB as well.
The operating system and user interface has been upgraded to version 5.0 of the BlackBerry OS, and it now supports synching with iTunes and Windows Media Player. From what we can see of the user interface, the whole thing has been tidied up from the previous version which looked rather cluttered.
One key feature is that the Pearl 3G has dropped the trackball on the front and has replaced it with a small optical trackpad. In our experience the trackpad is much easier to use than the old trackball, and it should be more resilient too. There are dedicated media keys on the very top of the Pearl 3G to make music playback easier.
There are two different versions of the Pearl 3G, the 9100 comes with a familiar version of the SureType keyboard, the 9105 uses a traditional mobile phone layout for the keypad which may well appeal to new customers. The overall design is much smarter and more conventional than previous versions of the Pearl, and it's nice to see a capable messaging smartphone in a such a pocket friendly design.
The large 1150 mAh battery is quoted as giving up to 5.5 hours talktime on 3G networks, and overall the Pearl 3G weighs just 93 grams and measures 108 x 50 x 13mm. This is a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA device with support for quad-band GSM, so we expect this to turn up on lots of different carriers worldwide.
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Announced 2010, April
Status Available. Released 2010, May
SIZE Dimensions 108 x 50 x 13.3 mm
Weight 93.6 g
DISPLAY Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 360 x 400 pixels, 2.25 inches
- Half-QWERTY keyboard
- Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dedicated music keys
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 256 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA
WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video Yes
Secondary No
FEATURES OS BlackBerry OS
CPU 624 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Piano Black, Opal Pink, Royal Purple, Flash White, Red Gradient
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- BlackBerry maps
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh
Stand-by Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Music play Up to 30 h
MISC SAR US 1.37 W/kg (head) 1.06 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.67 W/kg (head) 1.03 W/kg (body)
| Manufacturer | BLACKBERRY |
|---|---|
| Model | 9100 |
| Availability | Ships within 24 Hours |
| Condition | Brand New |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| GSM Network | Edge, GPRS, GSM, HSCSD, HSDPA (3G), UMTS (3G) |
| Service | 900, 1800, 1900, 850 |
| Bluetooth | v2.1 with a2dp |
| Wi-Fi (WLAN) | With Wi-Fi (WLAN) |
| USB | microusb v2.0 |
| Fax/Data | With Fax/Data |
| Main Display | color tft |
| Color Display | 256000 colors |
| Resolution | 360 x 400 pixels |
| External Display | Without External Display |
| Internal Memory | 256mb |
| Storage Types | MicroSD |
| External Memory (UPTO) | 32gb |
| Memory Slots | yes |
| Battery | lithium ion 1150 mah |
| Standby Time | 432 hours |
| Talk Time | 5.5 hours |
| Vibrate Alert | With Vibrate Alert |
| Photo ID | With Photo ID |
| Ringtones | aac, mp3, wav, wma, midi |
| Camera | With Camera |
| Megapixels | 3.2 megapixels |
| Maximum Photo Resolution | 2048x1536 pixels |
| Digital Zoom | 2.5x |
| Optical Zoom | Without Optical Zoom |
| Auto Focus | With Auto Focus |
| Flash | With Flash |
| Recording Video | With Recording Video |
| Second (front) Camera | Without Second (front) Camera |
| FM Radio | Without FM Radio |
| Java | With Java |
| Audio Player | AAC, eAAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WMA |
| Video Player | h263, h264, mp4, wmv3 |
| Add Ringtones | With Add Ringtones |
| Organiser | Calculator, Calendar, Reminders |
| Video Call | Without Video Call |
| Other Features | Built in hands free, Voice dial, Voice memo, 3.5mm jack, a-GPS, Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, BlackBerry Maps |
| SMS | With SMS |
| MMS | With MMS |
| T9 Text Function | With T9 Text Function |
| With E-mail | |
| Internet Browsing | With Internet Browsing |
| Package Contents |
Blackberry 9100 Home Charger Standard Battery Stereo Headset USB Data Cable User Manual |
| Color | Black |
| OS | Blackberry OS |
| GPS | With GPS |
| bin_location | A5 |
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