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"Great phone, recommended" 2009-04-07
By N. Lees (London, UK)
This is a good phone. I regularly change my phones but I've kept hold of this as I like it so much. I've owned a couple of Nokia E series and I would say it may not look as sexy being all plastic, but functionally it is far superior. For a start, bieng a Blackberry it does push email effortlessly so new email is in your inbox on your phone in seconds after it has been sent from a computer. The Nokias etc don't support this, they use POP3/IMAP etc which is slower and a less elegant way of retrieving mail. I think the plastic build is actually a good thing as it makes this phone so small, light and pocketable unlike some of the others which are quite heavy. If you're new to Blackberry the menu system may take a while to get used to, but it isn't user-unfriendly by any means. Browising internet is good enough if you really want to do that on a phone anyway, camera is better than expected with flash, battery life good, call quality good. My recommendation would be don't bother with the GPS version (8110); the GPS takes a while to get connected and going; go for the WiFi version (8120).
"Blackberry at a reasonable size!" 2009-01-29
By AKJ (England)
It is like all the Pearl range, updated from the previous model.
Not as easy as a normal Mobile, but the same as a previous Blackberry, I disagree with other person does not look cheap and tacky, professional look and feel to it
If you want a Blackberry that is smaller that the full keyboard models then choose the Pearl range
NOTE: Read the Sellers comments before buying, (1) You only get a back up guarantee if it is a UK model, many import from Europe, India etc, as they are cheaper there, but if it goes wrong you can only go back to the seller not maker, so choose cheaper at your peril! (2) as this should be black, 1 was selling silver, naughty person, check the colour, if it doesn't say different I'm sure it would be black (There is a silver and pink version of this phone)
"Great if a little quirky" 2008-12-06
By Michael Harrison
Great product, does everything required although it does take a while to get used to the keyboard
"Not quite there yet, RIM!" 2008-08-07
By foreverlys (UK)
The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 is a lightweight handset. Unfortunately it looks and feels cheap and tacky, and for such a handset I'd expect better build quality.
The camera is very good, and camera controls are better than those on other handsets. If you want to use this phone for texting, composing replies with the QWERTY keyboard may be quicker once you've got used to it, but functions such as sending your reply aren't a one button click option like on most other handsets. This can prove to be fiddly and makes life with this handset much more difficult than it need be.
For push e-mail it's great, but unfortunately most people requiring these functions are those who are in business which uses something like Microsoft Exchange for e-mail.
For your typical personal user, this handset is overly-complicated. I also had issues in that the handset would not synchronise with either Windows Vista, XP, or Mac OS X 10.5, and I am far from a technophobe (in fact, I have a very technical background)! I find the Symbian OS far more user friendly and far less sluggish than the BlackBerry, and would suggest for most users that a Nokia N-Series would make a far better all-round handset than a BlackBerry.
Unfortunately my poor experience with this BlackBerry has put me off, to the point where I certainly wouldn't recommend it. This model really does look and feel cheap, and it has too few redeeming features to make it worthwhile owning. Save your money and buy a Nokia N-Series instead (or one of their E phones if you desperately want the BlackBerry e-mail compatibility)!
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"No problem!" 2009-07-11
By J. B. Connor (Yorkshire, England)
The reviews on this product seemed confusing. There was a review describing one company as giving poor service and the product being sub-standard, but the company was not directly mentioned by name. I purchased a second hand, no SIM blackberry 8700 from Technical Progress and am extremely happy with my phone! It arrived promptly, and works fine! Just to put the record straight.
"Blackberry second hand." 2009-06-06
By Mr. C. J. Platt (England)
I am unable to give a review as I have not received it even though I have paid and contacted the seller about its non arrival. He tells me in an email that he has been delayed sending it due to bereavement. I am hoping that it will arrive early in the week beginning 8th June 2009
"Mis sold the item" 2009-04-17
By Ernmander
I cannot rate the item properly. I was sold the item as an unlocked Blackberry, this has turned out to be a lie. The device is still locked to a network and also looks like it used to be a company owned Blackberry as it still has it's network security settings on it, thus rendering the Blackberry unusable.
"beware this seller" 2009-01-31
By Yeovil.Town (UK)
Go Buy 2000 supply their products without any means of identification whatsoever. The brand new product I purchased came with, no means of initiating the warranty period and the authenticity of the product could not be verified. I believe that other sellers products are genuine but Go Buy 2000 supplied a so-called brand new product to me in a re-sealable plastic bag! and not a blister-pack as advertised. They will also tell you that Amazon advise them not to refund postage costs. This is of course a lie. Of course Amazon do not advise their sellers not to refund postage. Judging by the feedback Go Buy 2000 are getting it can only be a matter of time before Amazon suspend their account. If you don't want to be disappointed please use another seller
"What a lovely phone" 2009-01-02
By Mr. S. Iqbal (Birmingham)
The phone itself is really stylish, It looks quite expensive as well. Depending on how much you buy it for you can bag yourself a bargain.
I bought the phone only 2 days ago and have not explored it fully yet.
The phone is easy to use, it has a lovely keyboard which might take you time to get use to, it took me about 2 hours before i was away texting.
It has useful aps like blackberry messenger and blackberry maps.
I will try and update the review when i have seen and used all the features!
Most of the amazon market place sellers are selling them much cheaper then i got it! £40! WOW
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"shame about the camera" 2009-11-24
By S. fraser (boro uk)
absolutely brilliant phone looks great excellent mp3 powerful internet as you would expect - its a high spec phone........apart from the camera oh dear oh dear its utter total rubbish and completely lets the whole thing down i havent managed to take a single decent photo with it yet.
5 stars for the phone - zero stars for the camera
"Tricky to use without a Blackberry phone contract" 2009-11-01
By B & H (UK)
We chose this for its excellent keyboard and screen and have not been disappointed. We bought it SIM-free so that we would be free to travel without incurring costly roaming charges.
We are using it with a 3 (UK) PAYG SIM, and use as a phone (calls and texts) has been completely straightforward. However, much of the internet-related software (email, web browsing, etc) is tailored for use with a Blackberry phone contract, and it has sometimes been difficult to find out how to use the phone without such a contract. What we have found is that the built-in browser works well over WiFi (and in the absence of a phone signal this can be used for Gmail), while the Opera browser, the Gmail app and Google Maps (all of which can easily be downloaded from the internet) work fine through our PAYG SIM. (Incidentally, the 150MB "free" mobile data allowance which 3 provide for each top-up, expiring after 90 days, has so far proved to be easily sufficient for our purposes.)
Surprisingly, given Blackberry's reputation for quality, there have been one or two niggles with the built-in software. Most notably, text entry in the Blackberry Browser is fiddly because word-wrap does not work so each paragraph appears as one long line scrolling off the edge of the screen.
"Fantastic phone - and my experiences of the BB v iPhone." 2009-10-22
By A. Palmer
I brought this phone sim-free in order to see if going back to a physical keyboard would ease my continuing annoyance of using the iPhones virtual keys.
Having been an iphone user from day 1 (i use macs, so it was a natural purchase), i still find difficulties with the compatibility of the iphones virtual keys and my sausage fingers!
The 9000 is an awsome phone, and does exactly what it says on the tin. If you are a current BB user looking to upgrade, then this is surely the way forward for you.
The UI is very good, very clean, and easy to navigate your way around. I used to use a BB before the iphone came along (pearl), and what i've seen from the Bold is very impressive and a huge improvement over previous models (especially in UI, Email etc). The screen is beautiful, and photographs look fantastic. The keyboard is nice and solid, and is much less error prone than the virtual keyboards of touchscreens.
If you're a BB user wanting to upgrade, this is certainly for you!! If you're an iphone user thinking of return to a solid keyboard, or thinking BB or Apple, then see below for my own experiences and opinions. I'm trying to avoid sounding like im bigging the iphone up here, so will concentrate on the main feature vs feature and exclude the screen/touch, because you already know the difference there.
Firstly, my use of my iphone and BB before it were mainly text and emails, which as explained is my main reason for wanting to switch back to BB, so, first of all.....
The Keyboard - the main reason i wanted to switch back, but, i probably have worse issues with the BB's keyboard than with the virtual one of the iphone. The 9000 is just a touch too wide to enable comfortable one handed typing. Additionally, i type mails and sms in two languages, on the BB this is acheived by going into the menus, switching language input, then using the trackball simultainiously with key inputs to achieve special charachters. This is not the case on the iphone and other VK's as holding your finger over a key reveals a drag list of characters associated with other languages. One keyboard does all!! So, the keyboard and input spoils to the the iPhone, and its touchscreen rivals.
SMS/Email - while this is the BB's biggest asset, i'm afraid that going into menus to write new mails etc makes it more time consuming. However, i think in this department, both phones are evenly matched.
Photo/video/multimedia viewing - hands down, the iphone takes this. The BB does have a huge 1gb on board memory, but taking a second or so just to load thumbnails (2 seconds to load full screen jpegs), is a shocker. Plus, you have to go back into the menus to navigate to the next photo in the folder! iphone all the way
GPS/Maps/navigation - no contest - iphone wins
Contacts and calendars - another big historical asset of BB, however, its simple and plain GI and endless menu entering hands this function to the iphone.
I won't drag this on too much! Those are the main features (for me anyway) covered, and you guys probably all ready know that these are totally different beasts anyway, hence just covering the main features.
My poor simcard must be very upset with being moved around, but i can now feel sure its permanent residence will be my 13 month old iphone 3g. As for the shiny new Bold 9000 - i'm afraid its next public appearence will be on a certain auction site!
"Great phone" 2009-10-21
By Watch Collector
Watch it playing a video or play an mp3 track and you'll be able to tell the quality of this thing. Very good phone, reliable and solid feel to it also. Not exactly iPhone killer but far more serious as a business phone but can do more as well!! Buy one!! Now!!
"A spontaneously non-technical review with none of the usual references to "does what it says on the tin" or "great bit of kit"" 2009-10-20
By Island Living (London, UK)
Well obviously one of the best things about this phone is that you can play Brickbreaker without constant crashes and freezes and on a much bigger screen than most Blackberries. Yes, the horribly-named Bold has a screen that's 25 per cent bigger than the one on the 8800 (it measures 60mm x 40mm against 50mm x 38 mm on the older phone). It's not only bigger but much clearer and brighter and really very enjoyable to use.
Another thing: you get more buttons. The Bold has two short-cut buttons - one on each side - while the 8800 only has one. You can customize them to get quickly to the function you use most often. It's an example of the great feature you can find on this and any Blackberry that you won't on the iPhone; you can change lots of things about the way the phone operates.
The keyboard. It's another thing about the Bold that is a pleasure to use. It doesn't feel or look any bigger than the one on the 8800 but it does feel a little easier and more enjoyable to use. It's a shame the numbered keys are so hard to see clearly but you soon get used to knowing where they are.
Battery life however does not compare too well with the 8800. The Bold has more technology on board such as WiFi and the battery level drops steadily regardless of whether or not you're making calls. Maybe the trick is to turn off WiFi which in any case doesn't seem to present any immediate dazzling advantages. However the whole business of keeping the phone charged is made so much easier because it's done via a USB connector. That means you can re-charge it from a laptop or a number of portable power devices such as the Kensington battery pack.
The one very irritating feature of the Blackberry is how long it takes to go through all the menu changes to put the phone on voicemail. It actually takes 14 actions to do this which seems unbelievably clunky for such a sophisticated device. Why does it have to be so complicated?
But of course the real reason for buying a Blackberry is managing email and there is no doubt that the Bold is a superb way to deal with your mail on the move. The screen is clear and easy to read in any conditions and the software works better than on any other phone. You can also open Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents.
The Bold has to be close to the ultimate personal communication device currently available. It's not as much fun as an iPhone but that's not the point; it's a working tool that is a pleasure to use and does most things extremely well.
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"PREMIUM PRODUCT FOR BUDGET PRICE" 2009-11-14
By J. Mazur (yorks)
i took delivery of this bb a couple of days ago, and i have to say I'm quite impressed, having owned both a pearl and bold 9000 before i pretty much knew what to expect. However i was quite surprised with the build quality an overall design which i would go as far to say as being excellent. the new track pad works well and is far better than the tracker ball, setting up the device was easy, the software included allows you to port all your emails, calenders & contacts from a previous blackberry, the software now works with macs and will sync all your itune playlists and ical events. The phone feels comfortable and light in the hand and reminds me of the palm treo 680. Having read previous reviews slating the camera and screen i have to say i think there both pretty adequate, yes its no 12 mega pixel multimedia phone but people buy blackberrys for the there faultless email delivery and now excellent social media apps. All in all if you need email, a browser, social media and occasional multimedia on the go this is a excellent choice, and i personally have no regrets purchasing this phone. well done blackberry in bringing this budget phone to the masses.
"Fantastic offer!!!" 2009-11-12
By Loz (UK)
I thought this blackberry phone sim free would be much more expensive, so it's a great price from Amazon! Fantastic piece of kit, expecially for the web users. Better than the previous model due to the touch pad instread of the rolling ball. Well worth it!
"Addicted to my BB" 2009-11-09
By S. El-Jamali (London, England)
I LOVE my new BlackBerry and would encourage people to join BB Mania :-) ok, so the camera's not so hot, but is that really what you'd get a BB for anyway? Messaging (SMS, E-mail, BB Messanger etc.)is super; the speaker phone is better than any phone I've had before; quite a good selection of apps to choose from; internet isn't bad, specially when there's WiFi; and the calender and sync-ing are excellent.
All in all....thumbs up.
"A great introduction to Blackberry" 2009-10-21
By RevEv (UK)
Got this Blackberry as part of a contract deal.
After some frustration waiting for the full package to start up I am very satisfied with this gadget. I have quickly adapted to the QWERTY keyboard which, despite huge fingers, I find very easy to operate, with the result that I now send more texts. WiFi set up is very easy, which is just as well since this was the main selling factor for me. As a phone it functions well, with a very clear speaker and easy navigation through the contacts and quick dial functions. As a seasoned PDA user (I started with a Psion) I find the diary function really useful, although I am disappointed that the included 'office' programme will not allow editing without paying a bit more, which reduces my overall rating.
I have added an Otterbox Commuter box to protect my blackberry which I would thoroughly recommend.
"user unfriendly" 2009-10-15
By Ian W. Taylor
Bought it a week ago extremly hard to set up spent hours trying to make it work. took it back to the shop assistant did not know how to set it up. Don't waste your money on it. Mind you it looks good!
You have been warned! T.
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