'We were able to download the complex PC Magazine home page and see most elements--no mean feat--but the wait time of about a minute (with four bars of signal strength) was too long.'
'I had it for three days even in NYC the battery life was not great and calls dropped'
'music playback through the unit's speakers was poor.'
'the keys are mushy and have very little travel, none of the satisfying "click" of a BlackBerry key.'
'The Mogul is also known to support microSDHC cards at least up to 4 GB, thus removing the size restrictions that have typically accompanied such small slots.'
'Songs sounded tinny and lacked volume and richness.'
'The phone and headset managed a range of 20 feet which is average among phones.'
'While the BlackBerry "Pearl" 8100 -- available from T-Mobile for $349.99 or Cingular for $399.99 ($199.99, with the usual contract stipulations from both) -- makes a noble effort to implement the BlackBerry service including a QWERTY keypad, camera, and music and video playback into a device about the size of a business card holder, finding, programming, and operating both simple and advanced functions can be headache- inducing.'
'Unfortunately, the Cingular 8100 series is clunky and heavy,'