The Pearl doesn't have a full qwerty keyboard, so typing quickly will be a bit more of a learning curve. Other than that I've heard good things.
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brenda m - Mar 27, 2009 8:55:11 am PDT #9544 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Gris - Mar 27, 2009 8:55:22 am PDT #9545 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Blackberry Pearls are pretty nice for basic phone/internet stuff, and blackberry e-mail is good. If you're forced by Verizon to pay extra for a Blackberry plan, though, it may be overkill.
I have very dextrous fingers and love the tiny keyboard on my Centro so can't really speak to key size - think that's a personal feel call- but I will say that the weird 2-letters-per-button fake-QWERTYness of the pearl has always thrown me. Maybe I've never used one long enough to get used to it, but even so. Looking at the Verizon site, I personally would go up a step to either the Centro (my current phone which I adore) or one of the phones with a slide/fold-out keyboard, like the Alias or the Glyde. You'll have to pay $50 with plan and the online discount for the Alias, but the keyboard will be more functional.
Vortex - Mar 27, 2009 9:02:40 am PDT #9546 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Todd, Verizon is supposed to get the iPhone soon, so if you're interested in that, you may want to hold off.
amych - Mar 27, 2009 9:04:23 am PDT #9547 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Did there turn out to be anything to that rumor? Last I'd heard, it was a new flurry of reposting what turned out to be a 6-month-old anon-sourced blog post.
Jessica - Mar 27, 2009 9:08:15 am PDT #9548 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vortex, what's your source on that? Google is only giving me rumor blogs.
[HA to the totally unsurprising xpost]
Toddson - Mar 27, 2009 9:06:10 am PDT #9549 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
hm ... I may hold off for a bit. Wanted to wait until the first of the month anyway.
Vortex - Mar 27, 2009 9:09:52 am PDT #9550 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, what's your source on that?
I thought I saw it here :)
NoiseDesign - Mar 27, 2009 2:36:05 pm PDT #9551 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
So far as I'm aware the 5 year exclusive contract with AT&T is still strongly in effect.
tiggy - Mar 27, 2009 4:35:58 pm PDT #9552 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
fwiw, i hated the Pearl and its teeny tiny keys. i ended up trading it in for the krazr, which i'm equally unhappy with at this point.
sarameg - Mar 29, 2009 4:37:11 pm PDT #9553 of 25501
Why is it that sometimes my battery gives me 2 minutes/ % and sometimes, like now, barely 1 minute/%. And I'm not using it any differently.
Usually after one of these short battery life things, it goes back to the usual 2m/%.
It's just weird.