Blackberry 7130e
November 22nd, 2005 2:51 PM | by Christen da Costa | 3 Comments
Verizon released the Blackberry 7130e yesterday. This is their first phone to take advantage of their high speed EV-DO network (Verizon claims 400-700k download speeds, but results have been mixed). The phone can also be plugged into a computer and act as a modem.The 7130e takes a new spin on its keyboard with the SureType thumbboard, a hybrid between a QWERTY keyboard and thumb pad (see picture). The device features 64mb of memory, Bluetooth, and a number of road warrior like features.
The Blackberry 7130e is currently available from Verizon for $300 with a 2 year contract.
Check out the review.
[...] PCMag recently reviewed the new Blackberry 7130e phone. This particular Blackberry sports a limited keyboard by comparison to its predecessors, but expands beyond the standard 12 button phone. Blackberry has added a few extra keys at its side which reduced letter amount per key to 2. The 7130e’s new keyboard is matched by predicitive text software that should limit keystrokes. The software, according to PCMag, learns your commonly used phrases and also basis predictive text off your notes and phone book entries. Testing of the predictive text was difficult given the limited time frame PCMag had with the phone. [...]
[...] Expect Blackberry’s newest phone, the Blackberry Pearl (8100) to arrive on Tmobile sometime soon (at least according to the Tmobile website). The Blackberry claims the Pearl to be the lightest smartest phone weighing in at a mere 3.1 oz. The quad band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS and Edge based phone includes a ‘pearl like trackball’ for navigation, the Suretype keypad, Bluetooth, 240×260 screen that adjusts to lighting for optimal viewing, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. On board memory is 64MB but can be expanded via a MicroSD card slot. MP3 and other audio/video is also supported and expect a 15 day battery life and 3.5 hour talk time. [...]
This Blackberry is big and bulkey if i had verizon service which i do i would wait a couple months until verizon gets the pearl and curve