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BlackBerry Pearl FLIP 8220 Reviews

BlackBerry with digital camera / digital player - GSM - black More product details

$252.99

The RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features a brilliant internal display and updated interface... (cnet.com)

Top-notch messaging options. Clever, light design. Colorful screen and updated interface (infosyncworld.com)

alaTest Review Summary for BlackBerry Pearl FLIP 8220

We have collected and analyzed 65 expert reviews and 200 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 69/100 and users rate it 66/100. The average review date is February 8, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 492146 reviews from other Cell Phones. The alaScore™ for this product is 89/100 = Very good. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 89

890100

265 reviews

November, 2009

69 / 100

65 Experts

Product Age

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66 / 100

200 Users

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from $252.99

Expert Reviews (65)

US

RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (Black) review

By (cnet.com)

The RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features a brilliant internal display and updated interface. The smartphone continues to offer strong e-mail support and adds Documents to Go. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 2-megapixel camera are also onboard

The Pearl Flip 8220 doesn't offer 3G support or GPS. The SureType keyboard also takes some acclimation

While its flashier siblings may overshadow it, the RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 should satiate the appetite of flip phone fanatics by bringing in a clamshell design.

Rating

70100

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cnet.com
US

BlackBerry Pearl Flip review

By Philip Berne (infosyncworld.com)

Verizon Wireless picks up the BlackBerry clamshell, a foldable Pearl with all the messaging features you'd expect from RIM. Read all about it in our BlackBerry Pearl Flip review.

Top-notch messaging options. Clever, light design. Colorful screen and updated interface

Feels a bit cheap and flimsy. Mediocre performance hurt usability. Lacked impressive battery life of larger BlackBerry devices

It's basically a BlackBerry Pearl redesigned as a flip phone instead of a candybar. The Pearl Flip 8230 uses a condensed, SureType keyboard that doubles up some of the letters to fit an entire alphabet on only 20 keys. The eponymous Pearl trackball is ...

Rating

74100

infosyncworld.com
US

BlackBerry Pearl Flip

By Amy Mayer (pdastreet.com)

We found the Pearl Flip to be smooth and sturdy when closed. When open, the smartphone offered up a display with terrific graphics and a keypad with all the same keys as a standard Pearl, but in bigger sizes. The larger size and the smoother face of ...

The left-side convenience key comes set to Voice Dialing, which may not be so convenient if you're not a frequent user of it, and because it wants input from you immediately upon launch, it takes a few seconds to shut down. The other convenience key ...

No rating

pdastreet.com

User Reviews (200)

US

"Worst phone ever."

By minikin84 (cnet.com)

I got this phone for my husband. It takes ab... 

Nice view screen, styling of the phone was done well, the scroll ball is convenient

Terrible reception, dropped calls, slow loading for everything, keypad takes a lot of practice, feels cheaply made, software is glitchy

US

"Blackberry pearl flip is the worst phone I have owned."

By jerholland2 (cnet.com)

The Blackberry pearl flip is the frankly the ... 

Texting is easy

Dropped calls, freezing up, Roller ball gets dirt in it. Difficult to use. Menu makes no sense. Prone to breakage

US

"Worst phone I ever had, veeery slow,"

By krismin (cnet.com)

now speaker is not working, before you buy ju... 

shape and color

slow, and nor working properly

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This professional USB Data Cable will allow the perfect access to your phone's information through the fastest connection availble. Connect up to 480 MB Per Second unlike Bluetooth and infrared that connect at about 0.5 MB per second!

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