My love for the Blackberry Pearl grew today. I’ve been using my current Pearl since October of 2006, and it’s been amazing. Great features for what I use, easy to use, cost effective and took a beating and kept working. In the recent weeks, the pearl itself has been acting up. It’s been sticking, and just not able to move smoothly. I have been cleaning it repeatedly with hand sanitizer, but today I think I’ve come to the end of this method working. Just from sheer curiosity, I called T-mobile about an upgrade. They said since I’ve been a member since 2003, they could hook me up with the discount they have going on… all said and done, I think I got the new phone for just under 50% off.

Here is why the love grew, I only ordered the next generation of the phone I have! I ordered the Pearl 8120. It has some new features I’ve been idly wanting, but never really cared to look for in a new phone since I enjoyed my current one. Some of the new features include Wi-fi access (including using my router at home to call thru – no more dead spots in the house!), video camera, and additional internal memory.