Comments on: Blackberry 7130e

By: Paul Harrang

Paul Harrang — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:48:19 +0000

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

By: Blackberry Pearl Unveiled - To Show Up On TMobile - Gadget Review

Blackberry Pearl Unveiled - To Show Up On TMobile - Gadget Review — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:04:56 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Gadget Review » Blackberry 7130e Review

Gadget Review » Blackberry 7130e Review — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:26:27 +0000

[...] 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. [...]