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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, organiser applications and more.

The BlackBerry Pearl smartphone provides Quad-band network support (on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM®/GPRS and EDGE* networks) to allow for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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

*Check with service provider for service plans and supported features and services.

 

Features Available*

Stay in Touch

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

  • 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
  • Organiser: Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more
  • Corporate data access: Access your vital corporate databases and applications from anywhere

Maximise 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 organisations, 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

View email setup instructions for BlackBerry Internet Service.

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

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 organisation’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • Your enterprise activation password

For instructions on setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, please refer to the Getting Started Guide.

 

Purchasing

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

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Specifications

Features Available
  • Wireless Email
  • Organizer
  • Wireless Internet
  • Phone
  • Camera
  • Media player
  • Corporate Data Access 1
  • SMS
  • MMS

Size and Weight
  • 4.2" (Length)
  • 1.97" (Width)
  • .57" (Depth)
  • Approximately 3.1 oz (Weight)

Data Input/Navigation
  • Trackball
  • Keyboard backlighting

Voice Input/Output
  • Integrated earpiece/ microphone
  • Built-in Speakerphone
  • Bluetooth v2.0; headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported (Bluetooth® technology)

Display
  • Font size (user selectable)
  • Backlighting
  • Light sensing screen

Notification
  • Polyphonic ring tones
  • MP3 ring tones
  • Vibrate Mode
  • LED indicator

Approximate Battery Life
  • 360 hours or 15 days (Standby Time)
  • 210 minutes or 3.5 hours (Talk Time)

Memory
  • Expandable memory – support for microSD card
  • 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

Accessories Included
  • USB cable

Device Security
  • Password Protection and Keyboard Lock
  • Support for Triple DES or AES Encryption when Integrated with BlackBerry Enterprise Server 2
  • Optional Support for S/MIME

Wireless Network
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • EDGE networks

1  Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry software.
2  Support for Triple DES encryption is available for BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino only.

 

Support

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