What is it: Combination phone/email device that edges more towards the phone side of the equation
What we think: The BlackBerry 7100 is a capable smart phone that emphasises email. However it lacks Wi-Fi and an expansion slot
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 9 February 2005
Tags: RIM, O2 BlackBerry 7100x, Web sites, cases, battery life
We like:
Good battery life; integrated Bluetooth; quad band GSM/GPRS
We don't like:
Keyboard takes some getting used to; no support for memory expansion cards; no Wi-Fi
CNET UK judgement:
O2's version of the BlackBerry 7100 offers a smart design and a custom main screen. It's a capable email-centric smartphone, although it lacks Wi-Fi and an expansion slot
Full review:
Research In Motion’s (RIM) first mobile-phone-style BlackBerry, the 7100v, was released by Vodafone back in October 2004. Now O2 has joined in, augmenting its existing range of BlackBerry devices with the 7100x, which shares a more phone-like design with its Vodafone-badged rival. Continue Reading...
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