My new Pearl

I have the delight (rather no choice) of having to be in contact with the office 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that any InfoSec aspects are dealt with in a timely manner and that in the event of a telecom meltdown, I can start the spin process immediately so that any form of possible downtime that impacts to customer SLAs or minimize any potential risk to an acceptable level or in a best possible scenario, mute any possible noise. I find my newest, sexy and sleek Smartphone, quite possibly the smallest yet most functional multimedia device I've laid my hands on to date, extremely handy. Thanks to e-bay, I got a very good deal.

The Blackberry Pearl is no different from the standard Blackberry range but has some interesting software and hardware additions whilst at the same time being radically reduced in size. After the initial change, I attached the Pearl via the USB cable provided and then make a number of selections to synchronize phones e-mail inbox to that of my laptop. Once the Pearl and the PC have been synchronized, every change to my e-mail inbox, contacts list and diary using the Pearl or PC will be reflected on the other device and ready to go.

After installation, when I kept the pearl on my palm I realized how incredibly small, slim and lightweight in comparison to even some of the newer Blackberry devices. It is clearly aimed to attract more users purely from the ever growing mobile phone market rather than appealing only to business users. Blackberry isn’t a household name until now; they have done a similar strategic u-turn like CISCO did. Anybody thought why did CISCO invested $800M for re-branding? Simply coz John Chamber wants his gadgets to end up in your living room. By the way, with the battery, Pearl weighs only 89.5g and size wise it is only 10.7cm (H) X 5cm (W) X 1.4cm (D). Call quality on the Pearl is exceptional. Instant Messenger feature enables you to sign into Yahoo Messenger or Google Talk and exchange instant messages and browsing also exciting with the bigger screen.

First Blackberry phone with a camera is much better than older models. Using a trackball it is very easy to grip and move around selecting icons from the menu with a gentle press. My view is further reinforced by the fact that the keys used to type have been placed together in the same way as a mobile phone so that each number also represents 3 letters of the alphabet rather than older Blackberry models that had a full QWERTY keyboard.

I love the Pearl (so far), but too sleekly for my hands, might easily slip off; in fact I’m worst when it comes to usage.