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RIM Blackberry Pearl 8120
AT&T finally got its hold of RIM BlackBerry smartphones with its introduction to the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120. This small smartphone magnificently embedded Wi-Fi and a 2.0 Megapixel camera. Who said that BlackBerry can’t be that stylish and trendy and would be trapped in the world of feature-deprivation? The BlackBerry Pearl proved the speculations otherwise.
The candy bar-like design of BlackBerry Pearl 8120 makes the whole world talking trying to analyze how the functions of a smartphone could be embedded inside such tiny component. The Pearl 8120 has a dimension of 4.2 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches and a weight of 3.2 ounces. The phone looks very attractive and sleek with its deep sapphire blue color.
The 2.25 inch screen displays 65K color on a 260 x 20 pixel resolution. It has a light-sensing technology that adjusts backlighting in relation to the environment which helps attain a crisp, bright and well-readable text, video and images. New themes, graphics, fonts and colors were also added. Navigation keys are located below the display. These keys include Talk and End keys, menu shortcut, back button, pearl trackball and the SureType keyboard, which is the QWERTY-like keyboard that cramps out two letters in a single key.
The left side of the phone is where the 3.5mm headphone jack, mini-USB port. microSD memory card slot and push-to-talk button are located. The right side is where the camera activation button and volume controls are located. The mute button is on the top of the unit while the 2 Megapixel camera, mirror and flash are located on the back side.
Pearl 8120′s greatest contribution in the features section is the inclusion of WiFi on its offerings. It includes a setup wizard that helps in the configuration of the device although it automatically scans for networks and hotspots. It only supports AT&T’s EDGE network. 8120 also has an improved web browser. Other connectivity options include the Bluetooth 2.0 which supports Bluetooth wireless headsets, hands-free kits and serial ports. Although 8120 doesn’t include a GPS radio, there is an option to a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
Pearl 8120 is a quad-band world phone and offers these voice features: speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling and speed dialing. Of course, it has real-time e-mail support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino or Novell GroupWise. It also includes an attachment viewer that opens famous file formats like Microsoft Word, Excel, JPEG, GIF and a lot more.
Multimedia lovers will also have fun with Pearl 8120. It has a built-in media player that can play a number of music files like MP3, WMA, AAC and MIDI files and H.263 video files. The 2.0-megapixel camera has 5x zoom, flash, white-balance setting and color effects that can enhance the photos.