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BlackBerry Pearl 8100

Overview

The BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphone is one of the world’s smallest smartphones and packs all of the power you expect from a BlackBerry® smartphone. It comes complete with digital camera, multimedia capabilities and expandable memory. And it offers users everything else you would expect from a BlackBerry smartphone—including phone, email, web browser, text messaging (SMS and MMS), instant messaging, organizer applications and more.

The BlackBerry Pearl smartphone is small enough to take anywhere. It’s the ultimate combination of brains and beauty.

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Features Available

The BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphone has all the features you need*:

Stay in Touch

  • Wireless email: Send, receive, forward and reply to messages, and view attachments in popular file formats
  • Advanced phone features: Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialing, user-definable convenience keys and dedicated Send, End and Mute keys
  • Instant Messaging: Connect with your IM contacts using popular applications like Yahoo!® Messenger and Google Talk™
  • SMS and MMS: Send text messages and images in an instant

Enjoy Life

  • Media Player: Listen to your favorite songs and watch video clips1
  • Camera: Capture the moment in perfect clarity with 1.3MP, built-in zoom and flash

Find the Info You Need

  • Browser: Navigate and browse websites with a roll and click of the trackball
  • Organizer: Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more
  • BlackBerry® Maps: Get directions and view maps while on the road
  • Corporate data access: Access your vital corporate databases and applications from anywhere

Maximize Convenience

  • 64 MB of built-in memory and expandable memory via microSD card1
  • Bluetooth® capability for hands-free dialogue
  • High-resolution, light-sensing screen
  • SureType® keyboard technology in a QWERTY-style layout for fast text and email composition

Enterprise friendly

For larger corporate and government organizations, the BlackBerry Pearl smartphone works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server to provide users and IT managers with advanced security and easier access to corporate information.

Unlike traditional mobile phones, the BlackBerry Pearl smartphone can be centrally managed and supported by IT departments using BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Wireless push delivery of email and data, remote address book look-up and single mailbox integration are just a few of the features available.

* Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry software.

1The BlackBerry Pearl accepts microSD cards; the amount of storage is determined by card capacity.


 

Getting Started

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Setting up your smartphone

Whether you’re using BlackBerry® Enterprise Server or BlackBerry® Internet Service, setting up your BlackBerry® smartphone is simple and can be done completely over-the-air.

Not sure whether to set up your smartphone for BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service? Follow these guidelines:

BlackBerry Internet Service

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

  • You purchased your smartphone in a store
  • You want to set up a new email account for use with your smartphone
  • You want to send and receive email messages on your smartphone from one or more existing email accounts

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

  • You want to receive messages from your corporate Microsoft® Outlook®, IBM® Lotus® Notes® or Novell® GroupWise® email account
  • A system administrator is managing BlackBerry Enterprise Server within your company
  • A system administrator has confirmed that you are permitted to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • You subscribe to a wireless service that supports account setup using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

For instructions on setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service, please refer to the Getting Started Guide. Or take a look at additional email setup instructions for BlackBerry Internet Service.

Before setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you will need to contact your IT department to request:

  • That an account be set up for you on your organization’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • Your enterprise activation password
 

Purchasing

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In Canada, you can pick up your BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone at:

 

Specifications

Features Available
  • Wireless email
  • Organizer
  • Browser
  • Phone
  • 1.3MP (Camera)
  • BlackBerry® Maps
  • Media player
  • Corporate data access
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • Push to Talk (PTT) 1

Size and Weight
  • 4.13"/105mm (Height)
  • 1.97"/50mm (Width)
  • 0.55"/14.5mm (Depth)
  • Approximately 3.10oz/88g (Weight)

Data Input/Navigation
  • 20-key condensed QWERTY keyboard with SureType technology (Keyboard)
  • Trackball
  • Keyboard backlighting

Voice Input/Output
  • 2.5mm stereo headset capable
  • Headset jack
  • Integrated earpiece/ microphone
  • Built-in speakerphone
  • Bluetooth v2.0; Mono/Stereo Headset, Handsfree, and Serial Port Profile Supported. Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP) (Bluetooth® technology)
  • Not HAC compliant (Rating for hearing aids (PDF))

Media Player

  • MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.263, WMV (Video format support)
  • MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA (Audio format support)

Display
  • High-resolution 240x260 pixel color display (Display)
  • Transmissive TFT LCD
  • Font size (user selectable)
  • Color display
  • Backlighting
  • Light sensing screen

Notification
  • Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones
  • MP3 ringtones
  • Vibrate mode
  • LED indicator

Approximate Battery Life
  • Up to 15 days/360 hours (Standby time)
  • Up to 4 hours (Talk time)

Memory
  • Expandable memory – support for microSD card
  • 64 MB (Onboard memory)
  • 64 MB (Flash memory)

Modem
  • RIM® wireless modem

Email Integrations
  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange
  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino®
  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise®
  • Integrates with an existing enterprise email account
  • Integrates with existing personal email account
  • Integrates with optional new device account

Accessories Included
  • USB cable
  • Wall charger

Device Security
  • Password protection and keyboard lock
  • Sleep mode
  • Support for AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
  • Optional support for S/MIME
  • FIPS validation

Wireless Networks*
  • Amazon.com, Cellular One (Texas/Oklahoma), Centennial Wireless, Fido, T-Mobile, Wirefly (Carrier Availability)
  • North America: 850 MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • North America: 1900MHz GSM®/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • EDGE networks

1  Check with your service provider for availability.

 

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