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My bro had a pearl when he first started on BB...he hated it...said it was hard to type on it so hardly used it other than for work. So in March i bought him a curve which he loved...said it was much better than the pearl....and now hes got a new Bold that his company paid for..part of his upgrade and he says that its the best bb hes ever used.
Personally i wasnt going to go BB until they released a 3G version of their phones...so imagine my joy when they released the Bold...took me awhile to get it but i now have one and absolutely love it to bits.
As for the pearl...i wouldnt say its a girlie phone unless you get one in pink
...then yeh you could say thats its a girlie phone.12-23-08 05:15 AM - I actually prefer the Pearl to the look of the Curve or Bold. To me, the Berries with the full qwerty keyboards look remind me of guys who wear Casio calculator watches. Nerd Alert!!
The full keyboard looks like it belongs in a pocket protector, and I also don't like the way the full keyboard makes the phone dialing numbers have to be offset to the left side of the phone. I want my phone to actually look like a phone but have nice features, not a phone that looks like a scientific calculator!
Oh, and I can also type faster on my Pearl's suretype keyboard vs. my work issued 8700 full qwerty.12-23-08 06:37 AM - I had a Pearl, and I never thought it was girlie. It reminded me of a Sony Ericsson that I had a while ago. I decided that I wanted a QWERTY phone though, so that left the Curve and the World Edition. I feel like the Curve is more feminine with the swooping keypad, so I opted for the heavier and bigger 8830.
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Not to scale obviously.12-23-08 08:54 AM
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