BlackBerry 7100i

Advantages working on the move, attractive, it works excellently!!
Disadvantages may take a little time to get used to.

...After owning the BlackBerry 7100 I am so pleased I now use the Blackberry 8700v. Overview: It delivers a dynamic, highly responsive experience when viewing attachments and graphics, browsing the web and running applications. It has a bright high resolution screen which provides ample workspace for view email, web pages and using applications. Main Features of the Device: Quad Band (working on frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS and WAP Bluetooth Incorporated Email MMS 64MB Internal Memory Internet Browser Predictive Text Conference Calling All of these fantastic features make the BlackBerry 8700 the ultimate office companion and allow you to work on the move. It weighs roughly 130g and is 110mm x 69.5mm x 19.5mm which means it is harbours a large enough screen to work comfortable however is light... Read review

Advantages mobile e-mail, excellent mobile phone, SMS/MMS, camera, web browsing
Disadvantages synchronisation issues, inbox/calendar/contact updates are not transferred

...The commencement of a new job saw me presented with a brick like XDA device which truth be told was useless. E-mails had to be typed using a stylus which frankly took hours to write and every time the battery died it had to be sent back to IT while they rebuilt it from scratch after it managed to wipe every last trace of my documents and e-mails. After much sighing in front of my boss and several important e-mails going unreturned late at night and at the weekend she finally gave in and with much glee presented me with a BlackBerry 7100v, a model I had previously used, a model which to put bluntly was close to obsolete by the time my sweaty paws had gotten to grips with it again. Frustrated with the inaction of my peers I went out and spent £450 of my own money on the BlackBerry Bold, the new smart phone from RIM designed to rival... Read review

Advantages Cool QWERTY design, Email Functionality
Disadvantages Lack of Bluetooth actions

...While lookin' around on Ebay i saw the RIM BlackBerry 7100v and took a look at it. The review i found a particular sellers page got me interested in the phone and i decided to follow it up further by visiting the official site. There i took a quick tour of the phone and instantly fell in love with it. I love this phone! I love it so much i dont call it "my phone" i call it "my blacberry"! I love the fact i can walk down the road and recieve my emails. When on the way to college i can read emails and reply instantly (saving money on SMS messages as my Mobile Internet Service is FREE! - up to 6mb) I can be in the middle of a field and check my eBay account or just surf the web. As expected the fully compatable web browser is a little slow (not eactly broadband!!) but it does the job fine and with integrated Flash, many more website... Read review