BlackBerry 7100t Review

The features that BlackBerry is known for do not disappoint – email services and robust messaging services. Put this together with a well packaged phone feature and we have the ultimate communication device. However, to be a Treo competitor, BlackBerry’s features have to step it up a notch in the multimedia and expandability sector.Navigating is rather simple with a few thumb movements and a click placing you in your menu of choice. Unfortunately as your application list grows, so does the amount of time to find your application of choice. Maybe we can hope for a future touch screen?

The RIM BlackBerry 7100t’s address book is limited by only the available memory. Each contact holds eight phone numbers, an e-mail address, and two postal addresses (an additional 250 names can be stored on the SIM card). You also can enter Web pages, personal information, and notes under each name, as well as customize other fields to your liking. Contacts can be organized into caller groups, but you can’t assign ring tones, and there’s no picture caller ID. Other features include a calendar, a memo pad, a task list, an alarm clock, 32 polyphonic ring tones, and a vibrate mode. While the 7100t has 32MB of internal flash memory, it lacks an expansion slot.

Primarily an enterprise product, the 7100t easily connects to Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry servers as well as Lotus Notes servers using the desktop redirector software. E-mail delivery is in real time, and both messages and the calendar can be synced to the device. If that isn’t enough or if you don’t work for a company that has BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed, you can opt for BlackBerry Web Client, which is included in the T-Mobile package service plan. It allows you to have e-mail messages wirelessly forwarded to your 7100t from up to 10 POP3 or IMAP4 accounts every 15 minutes.

Review By Ptech

The new BlackBerry is only the first in a new wave of smart phones with real e-mail keyboards. PalmOne is likely to introduce a new, improved Treo this fall with a better screen, a removable battery and Bluetooth wireless technology. And Nokia today will announce a new, slender e-mail phone with a full keyboard, expected to go on sale next year. But the latest BlackBerry is a real contender.

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Review By Pcmag

The 7100t is the first BlackBerry to look, feel, and work like a phone. Measuring 4.7 by 2.3 by 0.7 inches (HWD)—just a smidgen larger than a palmOne Treo 600—and weighing 4.3 ounces, the 7100t fits in your hand and in your pocket. The phone has a high-quality speaker phone and supports Bluetooth wireless head sets. Because it’s a quad-band GSM phone, you can use it overseas. The 2.1-inch, 240-by-260 color display is one of the sharpest we’ve seen, with a powerful backlight.

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Review By Techworld

The 7100’s narrower silhouette brings to mind another converged device - PalmOne’s Treo 600 PDA-cell phone (reviewed here, but even the Treo has a full QWERTY keyboard. The keypad on the 7100 looks much more like that of a traditional cell phone - until you examine it a bit more closely. Then it looks like a strange cross between the two.

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