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The guys at mobileburn made a review of the BlackBerry Pearl, which is available with T-Mobile. And their conclusion is that the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is the most phone like BlackBerry device ever. It has the looks and size of a regular handset, yet offers smartphone functionality and the best push email system I have used.

Its user interface might seem a bit vast and archaic to the uninitiated, but the typical road warrior user will manage to adapt to it very quickly. The issue is that the general consumer will be less willing, or capable, to deal with that learning curve. As such, RIM has a long way to go before it can expect mass acceptance of their phones by Joe Consumer.

But with that said, they still think that the Pearl 8100 is a fantastic phone. It has the basic multimedia capabilities that people want, it is small and compact, yet it offers great text input and a novel trackball for navigation. They give it a "Highly Recommended" rating in spite of the trackball problem that caused me to miss a number of calls. Hopefully RIM will come up with a firmware fix for that soon.

Read full review on mobileburn.