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BlackBerry Pearl 8120 and Curve 8320

 BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Discontinued 
19th October 2007

BlackBerry Pearl 8120

The original BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is a massively popular messaging device, both for business customers and demanding consumers. This latest version, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 looks similar on the outside, but it has some significant improvements over the older 8100.

 

The most obvious addition to the Pearl platform is the addition of WiFi, but the camera has also been improved - it's now a 2 megapixel device with flash, capable of capturing videos at a resolution of 240 x 180 or 176 x 144 pixels. The user interface has also been improved cosmetically and in terms of organisation, with numerous enhancements to system features.

As you would expect from a new BlackBerry device, the Pearl 8120 has very good email support for both standard internet protocols and "push email" solutions. There's a multimedia player, web browser and a whole set of personal information management tools. Most Mobile Gazette readers will know what goes into a BlackBerry device, so we won't repeat it all here.

 Blackberry 8120 Pearl The display on the 8120 is the 240 x 260 pixel display that has been around for a while now, and is widely regarded as being one of the best screens on any mobile handset. Underneath this is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data, but no 3G. WiFi 802.11b/g is supported.

 

It's a relatively light device at just 91 grams, overall measurements are 107 x 60 x 14mm and the 8120's maximum talktime is 4 hours with up to 15 days standby time.

You're either going to love or hate the Pearl's SureType keyboard. For those that want a proper QWERTY layout, there's the BlackBerry Curve 8320 instead.

The camera is still pretty unimpressive, and we suspect that many corporate customers would be happier if it was left out completely. And since the original Pearl was launched, 3G and 3.5G data has become much more popular - GPRS and EDGE data is just not as good for web browsing, although it will be just fine for the 8120's Push Email client.

 BlackBerry Curve 8320 We understand that the Italian TIM network will have the 8120 first, followed by other carriers from December onwards. As an aside, it's also worth noting that there is a CDMA variant of the Pearl with GPS available in the US, called the Pearl 8130. It could well be that we'll see GPS in a future GSM Pearl in the very near future.

BlackBerry Curve 8320

The BlackBerry Curve maybe hasn't been as big a success as the Pearl, but it's aimed at roughly the same market - the new Curve 8320 also brings WiFi to an existing device, in this case the Curve 8300.

In functional terms there is very little difference between the Curve and the Pearl, except that the Curve 8320 has a proper QWERTY keyboard and a larger 320 x 240 pixel display.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 is available now, currently from T-Mobile USA only but we assume that other carriers will follow soon.

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BlackBerry Pearl 8120 at a glance

Available:

Q4 2007

Network:

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Data:

GPRS + EDGE + WiFi

Screen:

240x260 pixels, 65k colours

Camera:

2 megapixels

Size:

Compact candy bar
107x50x15mm / 91 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Memory card:

microSD

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Yes

Battery life:

4 hours talk / 15 days standby

BlackBerry Curve 8320 at a glance

Available:

Q4 2007

Network:

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Data:

GPRS + EDGE + WiFi

Screen:

320x240 pixels, 65k colours

Camera:

2 megapixels

Size:

Compact PDA style device
107 x 60 x 16mm / 111 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Memory card:

microSD

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Yes

Battery life:

4 hours talk / 17 days standby

 

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