Blackberry Pearl Flip 8230 / Reviews

The RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 offers 3G, GPS, good call quality, and BlackBerry's strong e-mail capabilities. The clamshell smartphone also has a 2-megapixel camera and supports BlackBerry App World. While not the flashiest or the most feature-rich device, the RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip for Verizon... More

This is such an easy device to learn how to use and by far one of its greatest assets is the web experience. Viewing webpages on this is a joy as it renders pages as if it would on your computer. The actual speed is great (we tested this in both the Bell and TELUS version). On the Bell 8230 it comes... More

If we were to rate the Pearl Flip against the best phones on the market like the Bold, Fuze and iPhone 3G, it would absolutely be crushed and no one can deny that. But doing that would be foolish as this device is not at all intended to compete with such devices. So, taking into consideration where it... More

Phone quickly learns your texting style, very adaptive...even if your a terrible speller, very easy to use

The people down at Saktel suckered me in to buying this phone, and let me say I will regret it until I'm done paying this stupid thing off.

The texting is terrible, it doesn't adapt to how you type or remember words, and there is no way to switch to even typing out every letter of the word.... More

music good but sometime freeze, video lag in moovement, picture very good, memory up to 16G, BUT NOT VERY GOOD WITH WINDOWS 7, xp ok, vista ok, screen to small. I buy this cell last year and i want to change for iphone 4soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used it for a year+, never had any problems. Does the job right, Wi-fi comes handy in hotspots and even at home for downloads. Decent battery life and correct display of discharge not like on other brands (e.g. 3 previously owned Motorolas) where battery shows full for a long time when in reality is... More

i got mine last year and i haven't had any problems. it's a great cell phone. it works great, battery life isn't bad, and i agree about carrying the phone in your pocket..i always carry mine in my pocket so it's really nice to have the flip phone so the main screen doesn't... More