xyzcomputing.com — There are a lot of great hitting the market this holiday season, but the best of the bunch might just be BlackBerry's Pearl. It's one part BlackBerry and one part slick consumer phone so even though it does not have a QWERTY keyboard like most other BlackBerry smartphones, it is the phone to watch.
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adwbNov 29, 2006
I have the Cingular 8125 (HTC Wizard <a class="user" href="http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=781">http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=781</a> ) which runs Windows Mobile 5 and I have to say the couple Blackberries I've tried pale in comparison.It's not just that I'm a Windows user and my company uses MS Exchange to manage my email, calendar, tasks, notes and contacts... I'm also a software developer and I like being able to run nearly anything I want (including my own applications) on Windows Mobile.I would rather carry a mobile phone with a 2GB SD card full of MP3s (or ogg, or wma, or flac, or any of the other formats TCPMP will play) than buy an iPod Nano.
joeydeaconNov 29, 2006
God that phone is old. End of story. Where do you people live?
dimsum05Nov 29, 2006
Nokia N93 for now... till 95 is released.The Perl is FAR from being best. HTC Universal, BlackJack, N80, W900, etc. all beat it.Still, one of the most wanted phones for your average consumer.Dugg for being a cellphone story in front page.w00t!
hydraulixNov 29, 2006
Pfft. 8700g or STFU.
ebfoxbatNov 29, 2006
Dear God, All I really want for humanity is a WiFi, qwerty, EVDO r.a, GPS, phone that will let me wardrive.I would prefer it be designed by Apple and have good MP3 support but that's entirely needed. Maybe Foxconn from the netherworld won't manufacture it, but again, that's your call.Thank you.-JoePS: world peace is fine too but my wish is easier and morelikelly to get FCC approval.
adeboerNov 30, 2006
@aaronmarks"Blackberries require Blackberry Enterprise Server software which is ridiculously expensive or else you need to use the horrific personal blackberry system that phone providers have in place. Either way you are either spending more money than you would going the MS route or getting an inferior product."Microsoft's so called Push solution is not really a push solution - even though they advertise it that way - Blackberries have the **patented** push solution. Compare the same cell phone bill used between a BlackBerry and a Windows Mobile device, and the BlackBerry bill will be much cheaper....not to mention the BlackBerry solution is more efficient and better security.
spankaccountDec 1, 2006
Ya, the Blackjack is winning me over...
bkilenDec 2, 2006
Huge crackberry fan!!! I use the 8700, basically a fatty8100 - the pearl ball and camera (FULL QWERTY) I would switch to the Pearl 8100 in a heart beat, and Sidekicks are not just for teens my wife lives on hers. Got her a razr as a second phone it sits gathering dust, (EBAY!!)