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BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (Sprint)


(4 out of 5)

MSRP: $129


Bundled with Sprint’s multimedia offerings, the pocket-friendly BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is a fun phone and a smart buy.

Review date: Jul 15, 2008

Sprint’s BlackBerry Pearl 8130 combines the powers of the carrier’s multimedia offerings (mobile TV, music, and GPS) with the comfortably chic design of RIM’s slimmest handset. The result is a handy, relatively inexpensive ($129 with two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate) smart phone for media-loving, mobile-messaging mavens who don’t mind the absence of a full QWERTY keyboard. Design Physically, little has changed from the BlackBerry Pearl 8120

ProsCons
  • Speedy data
  • Good call quality
  • Supports Sprint TV and Music store
  • Integrated GPS
  • SureType takes getting used to
  • Video quality is pixelated and blurry
  • Can’t listen to Sprint Music tunes while multitasking

Read Full Review @ LaptopMag.com by Kenneth Butler