BLACKBERRY PEARL

Updated 05-May-2020.

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DIY: Change the Color of BlackBerry Pearl Trackball: Is that white, pearly, glow a little too boring on your BlackBerry Pearl? You can change the color, easily. All you need to do is take apart the Pearl trackball casing and color over the LEDs with a colored permanent marker of your liking. Hit the link below to get the very detailed instructions, including pictures. That's one good-looking Pearl.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the BlackBerry Pearl was a series of smartphones developed by Research In Motion . it was the first BlackBerry device with a camera and media player . the last BlackBerry Pearl released was the 9100 series on may 13, 2010 . the BlackBerry Pearl provides quad-band network support on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz gsm/GPRS and EDGE networks . the BlackBerry 8130 includes EV-DO high speed CDMA data capabilities in mid-2010, the Pearl 81xx had a successor with 3g capabilities- 9100 . it is thus often referred to as the “Pearl Flip” or “BlackBerry Flip” the phone has the Pearl Flip is very similar to the original Pearl and uses the same predictive text input that the Pearl uses . it is the first BlackBerry to feature Wi-Fi and mobile calling in a new flip design. the Pearl uses a modified QWERTY layout on a 4-row, 5-column keypad, with a proprietary predictive input algorithm called SureType . the 9105 features a traditional alphanumeric keypad the Pearl includes a music player, camera, as well as other multimedia functions . it requires the purchase of a microSD memory card to support storage of multimedia files . the backlit color of the 8100 trackball is controlled LED can be programmed to blink different colors depending on which contact has called, texted or emailed.