Blackberry Pearl 3G (9105) is the latest smartphone launched in the UK and it represents an update of the Blackberry Pearl range, brought by the 3G connectivity and additional computing power to the entry level smartphone than ever before.

Measuring 107x49.7x13.2 mm, the new headset from RIM has a candy bar design being as quaint as it is small. The design has been drawn heavily from the current Blackberry Bold 9700 but it`s more curved and has stronger tactile approach to previous outings of the Pearl.

For the time being coming only in the black variant, but it seems that a special pink or purple edition is being prepared, the front of the Blackberry Pearl 9105 sports a 360x400 pixel resolution display that is quite crisp while hosting beneath it , a standard numberpad.

Launching this model seems to be rather a strange move coming from the manufacturing company, as it seems to appeal to consumers rather to regular business folks. That`s why, RIM has decided not to offer a QWERTY variant of the front for the Europeans. They insisted instead that this new Pearl model users might use a standard predictive text input instead. Even stranger is the fact that a decision in this regard has not been taken in the United Stated, where operators were left themselves to decide this aspect, whether or not offering a surepad or a numberpad.

The European variant with the predictive text is definitely easy to use on the phone, as the user learns as it goes like T9 input where you only have to press the key once to get it starting spelling the wanted word. For example, pressing A+A+A gives the Abacus.

A not so happy aspect is the fact that the handset lacks a touchscreen, but there is no actual real need here. RIM have installed their newest optical trackpad as it can be found on the Bold. Using it could really surprise the user through being incredibly responsive, and using it allows the user to whizz around the grid interface or scrolling through the email with ease.

The trackpad is very easy to play on the Bold and it`s quite the same here, with the added bonus of 18 months into the contract users might get surprised that it will still be working , where the namesake pearl trackball would often give up the ghost.



The new Blackberry Pearl also offers a range of entertainment features. The 9105 Pearl provides the user with access to personal email accounts, including some common services like Google Mail and Yahoo Mail, together with instant messaging, text, and multimedia messaging to keep in touch with the user`s contacts through the handset.

It also features a 3.2 megapixel resolution camera, with auto focus, a flash to enhance light in poor light conditions. The camera features additional 2.5 times digital zoom so that taking pictures would become simpler and easier. It can also video record while supporting all video formats for playback.

The Blackberry 9700 Bold White is a new color version, adding a new element to the usual Blackberry features that have managed to make this model a popular choice. This new version offers luxuries such as a full QWERTY keyboard, web access, and other media playing capabilities. All theses features can be found in the new unit with 109x60 mm measures wide while being 14 mm thick.



The handset comes with a range of connectivity options, expected from any device connected somehow with the Blackberry name. It includes both GPRS and EDGE connections, micro-USB and Bluetooth, together with a wide range of other options. The Internet access is provided  by virtue of Blackberry 9700 Bold, including  both Wi-Fi and HSDPA connections, offering the means to access the way at a speed up to 3.6 Mbps. As regarding the GPS function, it is offered with the unit offers effective satellite navigation while also including as an additional extra the A-GPS support.

The handset has a colorful 2.4 inch TFT display screen with 65,000 colors, that provides an excellent color reproduction together with a high quality depth and clarity of the image. The unit provides advantages through its full QWERTY  keyboard. So, efficient data entry is ensured while providing a very simple daily usage. It features a touch sensitive optical track pad, so that the user can navigate easily around the functionality.



A variety of entertainment options are available with Blackberry 9700 Bold White, such as MP3/MP4 media players additionally to other several games, this way creating the possibility to play a wide array of music ad video files and formats while being on the move.

Blackberry 9700 Bold includes a 3.15 megapixel camera with the additional benefit of autofocus and a LED flash as a guarantee for a high quality of the image, and image stabilization.  The camera is also capable of functioning as a video capture device, a feature that has become in time one of the most popular option to store media.

The white variant of Blackberry 9700 Bold is a smartphone with a wide range of benefits from using a 624 MHz processor, with the so respected and renowned Blackberry operating system. This handset in particular offers efficient communication capabilities together with an endearing style. The unit is available in other colors too, such as Black  as well as the latest white version . This way viable options become available for those who are looking for an efficient and effective means to communicate.



For the moment the handset can be found in Thailand and Netherlands, and will be closer to Europe soon through T-Mobile and Vodafone in UK. For the moment there is no sign of any American launch, but this will certainly come eventually.

RIM gives a fierce struggle with himself in a field that essentially created, continuing to produce new versions of BlackBerry. Besides competition in smartphone is intense, with nearly all mobile manufacturers in the quiver "arrows" special. But RIM has managed to identify the term "smartphone" with the BlackBerry, especially in the States, where they are and the largest sales. However, any new attempt of the company is faced with "top hat".


DESIGN

For all devices is valid for one thing: the distance we realize that it is a BlackBerry. Besides touch models, the other must be full QWERTY keyboard and display located on the top, is the badge of toughness decisive. From the above rules or Bold 9700 is no exception. It is a compact and stylish smartphone that fits the contour of your hand. Dimensions are the same as the Curve 8520 model and about the same as the Nokia E72.



MULTIMEDIA

9700 Bold optical-acoustics's specifications are not his strong point, not generally the strength of the BlackBerry. The Bold 9700, RIM specialists have sacrifice display size which is 2.44 inches diagonal, but have increased in parallel passing of traditional QVGA resolution and Ajuga at 480x360 pixels. The camera is "weak" for the market trends and is a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, image stabilization, digital zoom and video recording capability with a resolution of 480x352. There are also an integrated media player that allow a large number of sound files and video. Internal flash memory reaches 256 MB, and slot allows use of SD memory cards up to 16GB. Of course, in the package you will find a 2 GB card.



CONNECTIVITY

Connectivity .... get to a level that is good enough for a smartphone. Especially since 9700 Bold "moves" and the HSDPA speeds of 3.6Mbps, running on four GSM frequencies so that you can use wherever you are. In addition, it features Wi-Fi with UMA, allowing the creation of wireless networks. It should be recalled and GPS A-GPS with BlackBerry maps completed. There is also Bluetooth stereo processor 624 ΜΗz, smartphone's functions are based on the BlackBerry operating system 5.0.



TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Network operation: HSDPA 3.6Mbps/GSM quad-band/GPRS/EDGE

Display: TFT 2.44 ", 65K colors, 480x360

Camera: 3.2 megapixel, autofocus, LED flash, video

RAM: 128 MB RAM, 256 MB + microSD card slot (2GB card included)

Specifications: BlackBerry OS 5.0, 624 MHz processor, QWERTY keyboard, GPS Α-GPS, BlackBerry Maps, Wi-Fi with UMA, media player, document editor, voice record / call, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP, microUSB 2.0, calendar

Call time: 6 o'clock

Stand-by Time: 504 hours

Dimensions: 109 x 60 x 14.1 mm

Weight: 122 gr.

Dictionary MobileNews

mnmic word blackberry, commonly used (if we can we use usually without our dedicated spark image in mind), meaning "wet", that we know all. But why to describe the mobile device which allows the master to telefonze, send e-mail and browse the Internet was just chosen the word "Blackberry"? How did RIM to him? It seems simple. RIM asked Lexicon Branding in California to help in finding the most suitable name-so that, after the creative process one has shown that small taste resembles some seeds started to review all sorts of names of fruits and vegetables . They finally stopped the "blackberry" because it is fun hearing and because it is "black". In the world of communication, often the choice of name has to do with products. For example, Apple and Yahoo are names that are not related to computers or search engines.

Main features :

• TFT 2.4 "(landscape) with resolution 480 * 360 and 65 thousand of
• very comfortable QWERTY keyboard
• 4 band GSM
• Wi-Fi
• Interface BlackBerry OS v4.6
• GPS and BlackBerry maps pre-installed
• Chamber of 3.15MPx with autofocus and LED flash
• 512 MHz processor and 256 MB RAM
• microSD Card
• Support for DivX and XviD
• Cabinet compact and well made
• Excellent Web Browser
• Standard audio jack 3.5
• Audio quality good
• Smart Dialing


The main drawbacks:
• No 3G
• No support for e-mail account without the BlackBerry Internet Service
• Camera mediocre
• FM Radio
BlackBerry 8900 Pearl is not as well equipped as its big brother Storm upgrade, compared to predecessors as an evolution rather than a beginning of evolution. We find a Wi-Fi and GPS, a much better resolution of the screen and an interface more user-friendly.



8900 measures 109 * 60 * 13.5 mm and weighs 110 g making it a very compact phone despite a QWERTY keyboard and landscape display.
QWERTY keyboard has 4 rows, with keys equal to each other except the key "space" and with enough space between keys that make the keyboard easy to use and much less typing errors.
Above the keyboard we find a 2.4 " screen which has a pixel density that is very large and very well calibrated in terms of brightness and contrast. On the left we find a button that can be set to any function, and on the right find the volume keys, 3.5 mm jack and the USB. Above we find 2 keys to lock a phone and one to move back and a 3.2 MPX camera and speakerphone.

OSv4.6 interface has not undergone too many changes but moves and looks better than previous versions.
Audio player is not great, but not useless, that word would be decent. It allows sorting by artist, album or genre, but unfortunately does not have an equalizer. Instead it compensates audio quality, its excellent and this site jack 3.5 mm audio means you can make almost any pair of headphones instead of the standard offered by BlackBerry.
It seems to finally have managed to make a good video player, watching movies on the Curve 8900 is a pleasant experience. Landscape screen and high pixel density in the sense that helping a lot.



Now we come to the worst, namely a 3.2 MPX camera with autofocus and LED flash that is a total disappointment. Both in terms of quality pictures that is far below the standard rooms 3MPx and its interface is very difficult to use and which occupies much of the screen, which normally would have to see to be photographed. The Fortunately gallery of images is very good compared with camera interface. About the video recording only needs to say that filming in 3GP format at 240 * 180 resolution and with what I said is all about how useless camera. But after all is a business phone and say that a good camera is not so important.

Another disappointment is its lack 3G's which require the use of the Internet via EDGE is not an option really fast. However it is saved by this Wi-Fi's, but that only in the presence of a hot-spot. Yet they made the 8900 one of the best web browsers available.
Finally 8900 is not a bad phone but leaves much to be desired in comparison with standard business phone number of 1 sites, namely the Nokia E71.

Motorola MOTOROKR Z6m

Maybe Motorola should not have to give up names or model RIZR ROKR favor. Unlike the first ROKR, Z6m supports Windows Media 11 and not iTunes. The phone has a display friendly, with a menu structure completely different from the rest of the Motorola phones. The operating system chosen is the new Motorola OS based on Linux. The terminal looks picture of the RIZR, but is rather a slider than a clamshell, so attractive.



Sony Ericsson K810
Series Cyber Shot camera phone needs a serious lesson from the Walkman series. To compare the K810 with the W880i Walkman series. K810 is massive and lacks the style of the W880i and Cyber-shot interface is not as friendly as Walkman. In other news Xenon flash and auto focus function are fine, but 3.2 mega pixels is too small a number compared to competing mobile facilities. But considering the lens included, we could forgive the lack of several million pixels for a clearer picture.



Nokia E61i
Nokia E61i is a natural evolution of the Nokia E61. Improved a little in each chapter: the keys are rubber, offering greater ease of typing and the terminal is thinner. The model could not be seen "in action" due to bad connections to the network offered in CTIA, so we keep a frenzy for any E62i.



Nokia E90

Nokia E90 is big, very big. The reality is even greater than in pictures and is basically a nice version of the LG Env. There is certainly a terminal that you can pocket, much less to throw in a briefcase or purse. E90, when a phone is closed is ridiculously high, a parody of the candy bar type phone. Open the terminal and you will see large keys (obviously) and a bright and clear screen.It was still a top 10 finish and we can only wonder when we see these beautiful (or less wonderful) terminals on our market already full of models of Sony Ericsson Walkman.



LG VX9400

LG VX9400 - A phone surprisingly easy and slim, without VX9400 mobile TV in your pockets. V Cast Mobile TV phone supporting streaming quality at higher resolutions, making a big step forward in mobile TV. The model has a 1.3 mega pixel camera, Bluetooth, memory extensions and supports EV-DO.



iPhone
iPhone - from Apple mystery phone-fill the top 3 in February, but will have to wait 6 months until the arrival of the phone.



Equipped with 8GB of internal memory, Wi-Fi, support for Google Maps and touch-screen iPhone will be available for $ 599 or 499 if you opt for the 4GB version.