BlackBerry 7100r Review

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January 24th, 2005


Summary

It looks like a phone. Feels like a phone and works like a phone. The BlackBerry 7100r is the newest way you can communicate and keep connected to your information. If you need the convenience of a wireless phone first, but still want occasional to moderate access to e-mail while on the go the new BlackBerry 7100r has been designed especially for you!

The sleek and stylish handset design of the new BlackBerry 7100r provides a convenient combination of a wireless phone and full BlackBerry e-mail, organizer and Internet browser applications for business users who want a smaller phone format. Plus, it offers a vibrant colour display and top-of-the line features including a speakerphone, Bluetooth®, polyphonic ring tunes, an advanced call log and a new super-fast SureType keyboard technology.

Specs

Display: Large, bright, high resolution LCD colour screen
Easy-to-use text-based home screen and menus
Features: Wireless Phone: complete wireless phone features
Speakerphone: conference calling convenience
SureType technology: The built in intuitive software "learns" the user's typing patterns. This software displays possibilities of the words the user is typing as they're typing them - thereby allowing users to easily, quickly and accurately enter words without having to develop a new way of typing
New QWERTY keyboard: combines a phone keypad with a QWERTY keyboard for easy letter and number entry
Bluetooth-enabled: wirelessly connects to headset
Polyphonic ring tunes: built-in ring tunes
BlackBerry e-mail: send and receive e-mail / view attachments / integrate existing e-mail accounts with BlackBerry Web Client or BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Messaging: text messaging
Internet: access to both HTML and WAP sites with full viewing and bookmarking
Convenience key: one-button direct access to the Internet
Trackwheel: navigation and escape button
Security: password protection and keyboard lock
Compatibility: compatible with ACT!, ASCII, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, MS Outlook & Express, MS Schedule and Netscape
Address book, calendar, memo pad, task list: integrated feature for calling and e-mailing from one centralized location
Desktop Synchronization: synchronizes e-mail and calendar info between BlackBerry and desktop/laptop
Connectivity: BlackBerry Software and USB


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