Blackberry Pearl 8120

	Blackberry Pearl 8100 (Orange) Carphone Warehouse £40.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse £60.00

Pros

3.5 mm audio jack, memory card slot, Wi-Fi, Push email.

Cons

Small screen resolution, No 3G.

RATING:

Blackberry Pearl 8120 Prices

Pay Monthly

	DEAL	PRICE
	Blackberry Pearl 8100 (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£40.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£60.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£40.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£127.86
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Blue (O2) O2	£112.86
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Pink (O2) O2	£25.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Pink (O2) O2	£35.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8100 white (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£40.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£127.86
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£45.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Pink (O2) O2	£75.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Blue (O2) O2	£25.00
	Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 black (Orange) Carphone Warehouse	£45.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Blue (O2) O2	£45.00
	Blackberry Pearl 8110 Pink (O2) O2	£30.00
	Blackberry 8120 863349 (ORANGE) Affordable Mobiles	£48.93
	Blackberry 8120 PINK 680245 (ORANGE) Affordable Mobiles	£29.36
	Blackberry 8120 417720 (ORANGE) Affordable Mobiles	£34.26
	Blackberry 8120 PINK 684877 (ORANGE) Affordable Mobiles	£48.94
	Blackberry 8120 RED 682151 (ORANGE) Affordable Mobiles	£34.26

Pay As You Go

	DEAL	PRICE
	Pay as You Go Vodafone Sim Card Pack Fone Studio c/o eDirectory	£4.84
	T-Mobile Pay as You Go SIM Cards - in Package eBay.co.uk	£0.99
	Blackberry Pearl 8120 - Handheld Software - ROM:... Dell Business	£309.54
	Blackberry Pearl 8120 Handheld Software Dell Home	£302.95
	Blackberry Pearl 8120 - Handheld Software - ROM:... Dell Business	£319.34
	Orange Full Retail Pay as You Go Talk SIM Card PAYG... Data Kits LTD	£3.49
	O2 Full Retail Pay as You Go Talk SIM Card PAYG... Data Kits LTD	£3.49
	Vodafone Full Retail Pay as You Go Talk SIM Card... Data Kits LTD	£3.49
	Blackberry 8120 8130 Pearl Black Silicon Silicone... Data Kits LTD	£3.99
	T-Mobile Full Retail Pay as You Go Talk SIM Card... Data Kits LTD	£3.49
	From Amazon Marketplace: Sony Ericsson s500i Ice Purple o2 Pay as you Go... Amazon Marketplace	£106.99
	O2 Blackberry 8120 Pearl 6RI8120N Misco	£282.67
	From Amazon Marketplace: Nokia 5200 Unlocked with Pay as you Go Sim Amazon Marketplace	£99.99
	From Amazon Marketplace: Nokia 1112 Sim Free with Free Pay as You Go Simcard Amazon Marketplace	£33.99
	Blackberry 8110 8120 8130 Pearl Crystal Clear Hard... Data Kits LTD	£3.99
	Freestyle Blackberry 8100 8120 Pearl Car Windscreen... Data Kits LTD	£12.99
	Orange Pre-Pay Sim Card (ORANGE) Amazon UK	£0.72
	Blackberry 8100 8110 8120 8130 Pearl Leather Flip... Data Kits LTD	£5.99
	Genuine Blackberry Phone Skin 8120/8130 Dark Pearl... Just The Shop c/o eDirectory	£10.16
	*From Amazon Marketplace: Blackberry Pearl 8120 Red GRADE A(Refurbished) Sim...** Amazon Marketplace	£195.73

SUMMARY:

Decent Wi-Fi phone with push email. No 3G, half-QWERTY keyboard, expandable memory and 3.5 mm jack. If you text a lot, you might prefer a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.

Blackberry Pearl 8120 Review

release date: October 2007

colours:

blue

titanium

red

The Blackberry Pearl 8120 is a quad-band candybar phone with QWERTY keyboard (2 letters per key), 2 MP camera, Wi-Fi and microSD memory card slot. There's no 3G (GPRS and EDGE only). The Pearl series is supposed to appeal more to non-business users.

The Pearl 8120 is available in 3 colours in the UK - blue, titanium and red (as of April 2008). Other colours are available in other parts of the world.

Pearl 8120 vs 8110 vs 8100

The 8120 is the 3rd phone in the Blackberry Pearl series. All 3 phones have the same design - each has slightly different features.

8100: No Wi-Fi, no GPS, only a 1.3 MP camera, no video capture, no 3.5 mm audio jack.

8110: Same as 8120, except there's GPS, but no Wi-Fi.

There are also likely some software tweaks. Blackberry say the 8110 and 8120 have slightly better talk-time (4 hours) than the 8100 (3.5 hours).

Design

Front: Earpiece, 2.2-inch 240 x 260 pixel screen.

Right: Volume buttons, camera key.

Left: 3.5 mm jack, miniUSB, microSD card slot.

Back: 2 MP camera, LED flash, mirror.

Trackball: Navigate around the screen using the ball.

Keypad: Wavy keys.

Pearl 8120 Keypad

Features

SureType

SureType - single-handed or two handed operation, spell checker, dictionary, word-completion.

Wi-Fi

Download file from the Internet / browse the Internet. Connect to a public Wi-Fi hotspot or connect to your local home (or office) wireless network.

QWERTY keyboard

Not a full QWERTY keyboard - there are 2 letters per key. SureType tries to guess what word you're typing. Press each key once, and SureType will the suggest word. If you prefer, you can use 'multitap' - tap the key twice to select the 2nd letter.

Typing is not as quick as a full QWERTY keyboard, but it is faster than a standard alphanumeric keypad.

Web Browsing

EDGE only - slow Internet download speeds. No 3G. 2-inch screen with small resolution (240 x 260). Not great, but OK for small tasks. Use a Wi-Fi network for a better experience.