Blackberry 7100t Review

Blackberry 7100t

Blackberry 7100t £129.99 with contract from t-mobile

The new Blackberry 7100t is the first PDA type device that I have found usable! Simple, fast navigation using the scroll wheel and a new keyboard idea that works! It took me a few minutes to get used to it,there are 2 letters of the keyboard. You have a qwerty layout.. a

The RIM BlackBerry 7100t's unique design is the first thing that will strike experienced BlackBerry users. In fact, RIM refers to the 7100t as a BlackBerry phone, stepping away from the more traditional PDA-like design of previous models such as the BlackBerry 7230.

Styled in pleasant blue and gray, the 7100t's slim and lightweight dimensions give it the ability to fit in most pockets, and it feels comfortable to hold while you're talking. You'll also notice that the 65,536-color, 2.1-inch (diagonal) screen is vivid and well lit, and the icons are easy to discern in the user-friendly menus.

I was disappointed to find that the blackberry 7100t didn’t support syncing with my apple ibook. When I installed the blackberry software on the PC it detected the blackberry and it was simple to transfer all my email contacts and tasks from outlook. Software is available to hook your mac up to the blackberry 7100t but it costs $29.99 and I haven’t had chance to test it yet.

I’ve had PDAs before and not used them, but I’m hooked on the blackberry 7100t it’s a very good piece of kit!

Buy one on t-mobile and you’ll get 50mb day emails for £17 per month.

Your Comments/Opinions

The t-mobile Instant email plan is the one you get for £17p, Use of Instant E-Mail is subject to a fair use policy of 50Mb of data per month. You can also get instant email added to any t-mobile voice tarrif for £10.

Rachael

"PocketMac Blackberry Edition" is the software that you need to sync with mac os x

marcus_h

It's a shame apple don't write more drivers to sync mobiles and pda's with isync, I've have 4 business mobiles and not been able to sync any of them with osx.