Blackberry Battle-the Blackberry Pearl Vs. The Blackberry 8800

When you are in the market to buy a phone from the BlackBerry market you will be confused between the Blackberry Pearl and the new Blackberry 8800. Both of these are sophisticated Smartphones from BlackBerry. Both of these phones come equipped with high-end features that make them in the list of best choices.

On first glance, these two BlackBerries take after each other. Both have a similar design with smooth and rounded edges. However the Pearl is narrower than the 8800. The BlackBerry 8800 has a full QWERTY keypad as compared to the Pearl that has a truncated keyboard. Both of these phones have a 240x260 pixel with over a 60,000-color display. They also have the new trackball navigation.

Both the Pearl and BlackBerry 8800 are equipped with the mobile web browsing featuring which has a full HTML. This feature allows users to access the internet on their phones as well as access to MMS on their phones. These phones also support SMS messaging and e-mail. However the Blackberry 8800 has the ability to do real-time email and has the ability to integrate up to ten POP accounts. This phone also comes with BlackBerry Messenger which is an instant messaging feature. On the other hand Pearl can only support Yahoo Messenger and Google talk which are downloadable. If you like using Google Talk or Yahoo Messenger, then go for the Pearl. It also wins when it comes to color choice. This phone comes in a variety of colors.

When it comes to opening office applications and files, the BlackBerry 8800 wins the battle. This phone just like the Airtel BlackBerry has the ability to open word and excel documents, PowerPoint and PDF files. This good feature will allow you attachments on your email. Both phones are Bluetooth enabled hence you dont need to use a USB cable to send files. Both can be used as wireless modem.

One advantage of the Pearl over the 8800 is that it has an built-in digital camera which has a 1.3 megapixel and a resolution of 1280x1040. This camera can also do 5x digital zoom. The BlackBerry 8800 has built GPS solution which the Pearl lacks. Both phones have music and video players and have microSD slots. Both BlackBerries have many good features making them both an excellent choice when it comes to buying a Smartphone.