The BlackBerry Pearl 2 has finally arrived, but are the improvements worth the bother? Research In Motion (RIM) gave Pocket-lint the new 8120 ahead of the launch to have a play and find out. Now available in blue, rather than black in the UK (there will be other colours, but not in the UK) the pocket-sized smartphone has had a consumer make-over in more ways than one.
Like the previous Pearl, the 8120 looks more like a mobile than a traditional BlackBerry in order to appeal to that crucial consumer audience, but RIM promises it’s still a BlackBerry at heart. The shape and size might not have changed much (it’s slightly bigger), but the new 91gram heavy Pearl offers plenty. First off, yes you guessed it by that "20" in the model number, the new version features fully fledged Wi-Fi. Connection to available networks is easy and brings this smartphone into the 21st century. We had no problems in our testing hooking up to our office or home network, although we did notice a drain on battery power when Wi-Fi was used.
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