RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120

To make its user-friendly option even friendlier, Pearl product line has been just updated by RIM with some more developments and enhancements. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a more efficient camera make this new 8120 from AT&T a gorgeous and attractive upgrade.

This exceptional addition of Wi-Fi will give a chance to its consumers to jump at faster network in a twinkling of an eye and get access of their desired site. But at the same time, be short of Wi-Fi will destroy any pleasure over the device’s Internet browsing capacities.

There is no 3G (EV-DO) support in 8120 as it is available in other BlackBerry units. At the same time, the 8120 also doesn’t have enough GPS tracking capacities, so it is almost impossible to use it immediately with Google Maps. Such updating by RIM is beyond our understanding. No doubt, addition of Wi-Fi and upgrading of camera to 2.0 megapixel are praiseworthy updates but why didn’t they include other helpful features?

Truly speaking, GPS has far more importance than a good camera particularly for users like business persons.
The camera presents 5x digital zoom and a range of photo-taking means to delight any camera phone user. Besides this, videos can also be recoded in it which is pretty exciting. No doubt, still picture excellence has been raised at a great level and live video quality is also exceptional.

So there is not enough feature improvement but still the new Pearl is smart lookiing charming device.Dark blue and chrome color scheme is quite eyecatching and impressive.Being a slimline candybar handset it is comfortable to hold and with a metal-like finish it looks lovely in the hand.Its weigth is 91g,107mm tall ,50mm wide and 14mm thick.

BlackBerry menu and back keys are to the left and right of the trackball and are also call and end keys to left and right.The arrangement is same as in the original Pearl and it works efficiently.Two‘convenience keys’ are also there :o ne on the right edge and the other on the left and these can be configured to launch any application or device feature one wants to have.

Regarding using 8120 as a mobile email device, there is another important thing to mention and it is that the screen is a little on the small side. The screen is 38mm wide and 43mm tall bright and clears enough to read incoming emails but it is not up to the task for a complex attachment like spreadsheet

A music playback is also there to complement that 3.5mm headset jack but the sad thing is that there are hardware control buttons and one needs to go into music application to have access over it and it makes thing quite uneasy.

In short, design-wise its an okay device but feature-wise there is still enough capacity to improve and its users want to have this improvement in Pearl 8120