Question Posted Tuesday December 30 2008, 12:29 pm
So i am thinking about getting the blackberry pearl and i know i already asked a few questions on here before, i have more.
1. Some people i know have complained about whenever you get a text, the screen dosen't light up. is this true? How will i know when i get a text without having to look at my phone every 5 minutes?
2. Is the vibrate very low? Can you feel it in the back pocket of your jeans?
3. Is the trackball hard to use?
4. Does the trackball change colors?
5. Is the phone hard to figure out? Is it hard to find things?
1 true. the screen only lights when you get a call.
2 the vibrate is decent. you should be able to feel it.
3 no, the trackball is easy, once you get used to it.
4 you can buy different trackballs
5 no but it is much different than a regular cell phone.
6 my advice to you is...if you dont NEED email and/or internet do not get a blackberry. a blackberry is a PDA 1st and a Phone 2nd any sales rep will [should] tell you that. So, if you want a texting phone get an LG Rumor, or some other QWERTY phone. Because the BB is not for you.
jenkneefur answered Thursday January 1 2009, 3:34 pm: I have the BlackBerry Curve but I will try to help to the best of my ability.
1. The screen will not light up unless you're getting a phone call. You can set it so that you will either hear a noise or it will vibrate when you get a message.
2. The vibrate isn't low. You will be able to feel it in the back pocket of our jeans.
3. The trackball is very easy to use.
4. I am pretty sure you can set the trackball to several different colors but it will only be 1 color.
5. The phone is set up really nicely. Although, if you haven't had a BlackBerry before it will be hard to get used to considering it's a different set up, but it's very easy to use, you will get used to it.
6. I have had my BlackBerry since May and I absolutely love it. You might want to consider getting the new BlackBerry flip-phone, that's the one I want! :) [ jenkneefur's advice column | Ask jenkneefur A Question ]
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