The 3.2Mp camera is certainly a step up from the previous Pearl's 2Mp model, yet it’s still on the basic side compared with flashier snappers from Samsung and LG. It does, however, come with an LED flash, autofocus and a 2.5x digital zoom. The picture quality isn't bad at all, though edges have a tendency to get a little fuzzy and there's a bit too much purple fringing than I would ideally want to see.
Runs version 5 OS and can utilise App World to enhance functionality
The battery held up well on the Pearl 3G 9105, granting us a good three and a half days of moderate use before we needed to recharge and the call quality was fine too with voices always sounding clear through the speaker.
For fruit fanciers with no taste for the pips
Verdict
The 9105 is a nice little addition to Blackberry's consumer-friendly Pearl range. But while I'm happy to see the trackpad replace the trackball, the improved camera and processor, and pleased that the addition of 3G connectivity hasn't affected the size of the device. Yet I really don't see the advantage of replacing the SureType keypad with a standard numeric type, the only advantage of which, is to offer a BlackBerry which doesn't look like a BlackBerry. ®
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COMMENTS
Yes!
In addition to the reason you mentioned, when you're sitting with your phone/MP3 player on a desk, it's also preferable to have the headphone socket on the bottom.
It's something that Apple have got consistently right with their iPod Touch line, and consistently wrong with everything else in their non-Mac lineup.
It's not a religion..
Most people are used to the socket on top, when a call comes through it is natural to grip the top of the phone twixt thumb and finger allowing the body to come to rest in the palm of your hand. It's not a problem, most people work quite happily that way. Except those who use the latest Apple product of course, then the signal drops because 'you are holding it wrong'.
Audio Ports/controls
"The music player benefits from having the transport controls on the top,"
I've been meaning to mention this for a while but, despite CONSTANTLY telling us the headphone socket etc should ALWAYS be at the top and that anyone who designs a phone otherwise should be cast into the fiery depths of Vesuvius you are just wrong. It is very simple. You should always put your phone in your pocket upside down.
Don't believe me? Stand up. Put your phone in your pocket upside down. Take it out and hold it up to your face as if looking to see who is calling. Voilla! The phone is the correct way up. If you now try it the other way around, you will either need to spin the phone (and risk dropping it) or contort your wrist in order to read the display.
It isn't magic. It isn't rocket science. So stop telling the world that phones with ports on the bottom are wrong. They aren't. YOU ARE! And now everyone is doing as you say YOU have broken the world. Shame on you Reg!
