BlackBerry Pearl has actually gone a long way in positioning their formerly business centric handset much closer to their customers. Although the cell phone requires a monthly subscription with BlackBerry black end support it is however more to appeal the customers through its excellent value added features. The latest version of T-mobile is much like the previous AT&T model but is does not support its HotSpot@Home service but is lets you make calls through a wireless network which is much convenient. This means that you are also not restricted to web browsing with its excellent EDGE speed. This new BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is designed with several other improvements that include a much clear 2 megapixel camera that offers video recording competence and a better web browser that makes it a perfect upgrade over the original Pearl.

Design

In addition to its gray paint and drab job the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is much identically like the AT&T model with pretty matching dimensions. The compact size of the cell phone continues to be the main draws for the device. The 2.25 inch display features auto light sensing technology which means that it would automatically adjust the backlight according to the surrounding environment. Below the display there is SureType keyboard including navigation range of end and talk keys with back button, the trackball and the blackberry menu shortcut. There is a headphone jack, microSD expansion slot, USB port and a customizable convenience key which by default launches voice dialing at the left of the cell phone.

Features

The new BlackBerry Pearl 8120 have been designed on the success of their original BlackBerry Pearl by including a number of excellent features specially the integrated Wi-Fi. This smartphone would easily support 802.11a/b/g supports as it also includes enterprise security feature. There are also the VPN, WPA and WEP settings. With the addition of Wi-Fi has particularly proved much of its success as it offers you an alternative connection for web browsing. This feature which is coupled with the enhanced web browser of Pearl 8120 would make a smoother and better mobile internet browsing experience.

The cell phone being a quad-band world phone it offers you excellent calling features like speakerphone, speed dial, voice-activated dialing, conference calling, smart dialing and multimedia and text messing. This smart phone is also equipped wit the latest spell check features that monitors the errors in memos and email and not text messages. There is also an attachment viewer which would open all the popular file formats. If you are among the instant messaging fans then you will be impressed to know that the Pearl 8120 also includes popular instant messaging clients like Google talk, yahoo and AIM.

The cell phone also comes with a number of entertainment options. Firstly the in built media player would let you enjoy your favorite music in most of the popular formats. It includes functions like playlist creation, search function, repeat, shuffle and a full screen playback for your videos. The expansion slot of the cell phone can accept nearly 8 GB cards.