BlackBerry Pearl 8110 review | Internet & Camera
BlackBerry 8110 Menu
T he main screen displays some quick access buttons, among which the installation wizard, the mailbox and applications. Clicking 'applications' on the main screen will open the menu and 35 icons will appear. This amount does not offer a well-structured menu overview. Everything is placed directly in the main menu, from camera to games. It would have been easier and more convenient if there had been some sub menus, or a number of categories. Still it did not stop me from finding my way through the menu quickly. And there is a possibility to hide icons you don't use often or not at all, which leaves only the necessary functions at hand. Graphically, the menu is not that special. The icons are quite neat although for example at 'settings' all you see is a piece of text on a white background.
BlackBerry Pearl 8110 E-mail
Pushmail technology
The main function that differs the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 from a number of competitors is the support of Pushmail. The technology of Pushmail offers an alert on the BlackBerry as soon as you receive a new Email message, and you can open it immediately. This way you don't have to be afraid of reading a mail too late and you don't have to access your mail account too frequently in order to check if there's new mail. This is extremely convenient when you are on the road a lot. Attachments with an email can be opened immediately with the BlackBerry Pearl 8110.
BlackBerry Pearl Internet browser
Using Internet with the TrackBall
Standard support of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is available. Also the Internet browser works fine. Navigating is extremely convenient with the TrackBall, as mentioned before. Some pages will be rendered in a different sequence however, if you select page reproduction you will see the full page and you can zoom in with the TrackBall. One thing that is missing on the BlackBerry 8110 is support for 3G and perhaps Wi-Fi. This would have been more convenient, certainly for the business user. Now the Internet connection is somewhat slow at times.
2 Megapixel digital camera
BlackBerry Pearl 8110 camera
The built-in digital camera offers a resolution of 2.0 Megapixels and has a flash at its disposal. At the bottom of the screen, the settings of the flash are displayed, and there is also an alert visible for when it is too dark, to make sure you activate the flash. In addition to the flash, the camera features a 5x digital zoom. Zooming in is enabled by moving the TrackBall upwards or by using the volume buttons on the side of the device. If the zoom is used, the picture becomes smaller. The object will not become larger. On the screen, however, it does seem to because only part of the picture is displayed.
TrackBall & Navigation
BlackBerry camera application
There are several setting possibilities on the digital camera. In addition to adjusting the resolution, various colour effects are available, such as black & white and sepia, and white balance. The camera application can be started up quickly by pressing the quick access button on the right side of the phone. Pressing the same quick access button on the side again will actually take the picture almost without delay. This enables shooting at any time and taking a correct picture even when the object is moving.
BlackBerry digital camera
Photo quality
The pictures made with the BlackBerry 8110 are of reasonable quality, as for colour and resolution go. However, they don't at all compare to the developments of this time and age. A disadvantage, especially for the sharpness is the fact that the BlackBerry lacks an auto focus module. In other words; the pictures are of average sharpness. However, this comes with the advantage of the disappearance of shutter lag. For a BlackBerry like this, the camera mode is a nice addition so you are able to capture some moments now and again.
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