[mpw2081]

The Pearl 8130 from BLACKBERRY continues that trend. With an upgraded camera, GPS support, and a media player built in, this compact smart phone has a lot more to offer than just e-mail.

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is marginally thinner and heavier than its predecessor, but it’s still quite compact and slips easily into a pocket. It has the same bright 2.3-inch, 260 x 240-pixel display. One welcome design change is the 3.5mm audio jack for plugging in high-quality headphones.


Like the original 8100, the Pearl 8130 supports BlackBerry’s push e-mail; BlackBerry Internet Service allows up to 10 personal e-mail accounts. Setup is as easy as entering your user name and password. Corporate users will gravitate toward the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which offers unique benefits such remote address lookup. Users can text one another using BlackBerry Messenger, but Verizon Wireless didn’t bundle an instant messaging app that includes popular clients like AIM and Yahoo Messenger.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 also sports an upgraded 2-megapixel camera, and we were generally pleased with the 1600 x 1200 images, This phone can also record video, a feature new to the Pearl line. Unfortunately, the Pearl 8130 records at a tiny 240 x 176 resolution.

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Mutlimedia
For music, the Pearl 8130 supports MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, WMA, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ audio codecs, and for video, it supports MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263, and WMV video formats. The BlackBerry Desktop software now comes with Roxio Media Manager for transferring media to your BlackBerry device. Although it has a media player, the Pearl 8130 doesn’t come with V CAST Mobile TV or Music, so you’ll need to drag and drop content onto the device from your PC.


The main question when will be we be getting it in the UK. A ny suggestions of insider information please add to thread

[geniusworkin]

I don't think it will, it was released nearly 2 years ago.

Orange have released similar models, see 8120. Still the Pearl candybar form with Wi-Fi, 2MP camera, GPRS.

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[mpw2081]

the difference is that the 8130 is 3g, 8120 is not

[Skyrunner]

The 8130 was a CDMA version for the USA, not GSM compatable.