The much anticipated BlackBerry Pearl 8100 from Research in Motion (RIM) is now available in the market. Unlike other smartphones from the manufacturer, BlackBerry Pearl has been packed with some added features for entertainment like camera, music player and a video player. These features have been crammed in an attractive looking case. A small navigation key on the front side which looks like a pearl spells luxury and style.

Research in Motion (RIM) has tried to bring more customers to its fold and widen its consumer base beyond professionals by adding some entertaining stuff in the camera. In addition to that, the design of the handset has been significantly improved over classical BlackBerry phones and the new looks has got appreciation from the mobile users across the globe.

As expected, the handset has a vibrant display with good resolution for great viewing. The Pearl uses RIM's hybrid SureType keypad, with two letters on each key. Though, typing texts is not as speedy as it gets on other handsets with QWERTY keypad still, you can type texts with ease. A microSD card slot for the expansion of memory space has been added which is refreshing in a BlackBerry phone. The handset has an onboard memory of 64MB for storing downloaded songs and pictures.

The BlackBerry Pearl features a high quality camera, video and music player to add more value to your handset. A 1.3-megapixel camera with flash to click spontaneous photographs. The image quality is good. A music player which supports popular file formats like MP3 and AAC to help you listen to favourite music on the go. You can also shoot good quality videos with this handset.

Fast Internet, data transfer and downloading in addition to various office utility features make this handset appealing to one and all.