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Follow Verizon News. For caller ID purposes, you can assign a photo to a contact as well as a group category--business or personal--or one of 45 polyphonic ringtones. This means you should enjoy a faster Web-surfing experience, and it should also be more enjoyable, thanks to the improved browser.
Compared with Windows Mobile, Symbian, or Palm devices, the BlackBerry Web browser has always been kludgy and laborious for viewing sites; it requires a lot of scrolling up and down with the trackball or scroll wheel. However, now you get an onscreen cursor that you can move in any direction and place on any part of the page where you can click a link.
In addition, there's a Page View option that enables you to easily zoom in on part of a page. It's definitely a huge improvement, and the boost of EV-DO speeds is heaven-sent. Disappointingly, the Pearl does not support any of Verizon's V Cast services. Other wireless options on the BlackBerry Pearl include Bluetooth 2. You can use Bluetooth to connect to mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets, hands-free kits, and dial-up networking. It does not, however, support the object exchange profile.
The built-in GPS enables you to use the Pearl as a handheld navigation device. The device comes preloaded with the BlackBerry maps application that can provide text-based driving directions and search for local businesses. However, you can also get more robust programs, such as Google Maps for Mobile or Verizon's VZ Navigator , which can provide real-time tracking, text- and voice-guided directions, points of interest, traffic data, and more.
The camera also gets an upgrade to a 2-megapixel lens from 1. For still images, there's a 5x zoom and flash, as well as three picture sizes and three quality options.
You also get white-balance settings and several color effects you can add to the photo. Video options are limited with just two video formats normal or multimedia message , three color effects, and a video light.
Picture quality was pretty good for a camera phone. Objects were sharply defined, but we wish there was a bit more brightness to the colors. Meanwhile, video quality was subpar, as our recorded clips looked dim and jerky. Other than these new capabilities, the BlackBerry Pearl retains many of the same features that has made BlackBerrys popular, such as e-mail.
Instant messaging is limited to the proprietary BlackBerry Messenger client. You can also view tracked changes and embedded images and zoom, and rotate documents, but you can't edit documents out of the box, though third-party software is available that allows this functionality. The built-in media player remains pretty much the same. For music, you can create playlists as "folders," and shuffle and repeat songs within a certain folder.
It also displays song titles, the artist, and album art, if available. In video mode, you get the option of full screen, replay, and repeat.
Other applications on the Pearl include a calendar, a task list, a memo pad, an alarm clock, a password keeper, a calculator, a Brickbreaker game, and a voice recorder. On our end, we could hear a slight background hiss, but there was clear audio and plenty of volume. In other words, it wasn't anything that prevented us from carrying on a conversation or interacting with our bank's voice-automated system.
CAT has a new rugged phone for T-Mobile. It's a rugged flip phone, but that's not the most interesting thing about it. A model previously rumored to have fallen victim to supply-chain issues, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Fan Edition is finally coming to market this month. Samsung will use the new model as the more-affordable alternative to the forthcoming S22 series, rather than keep last year's flagship S21 models on the market at lower prices as the company has done in the past.
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the company's flagship chipset to power 's top-end phones. There have been a number of "smartwatches" for kids in recent years. They all have GPS and let you keep tabs on your kid's location, and offer some limited forms of communication. All Rights Reserved. Content on this site may not be copied or republished without formal permission. OK This is a preview. Click for full glossary page. Log In or Register.
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