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BlackBerry 7100g Phone (Cingular) | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: BlackBerry
Category: CE
Buy Used: $69.99
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 2577
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 6.2 x 3.6
Model: 7290
EAN: 0810617009910
ASIN: B000816Z50
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Product Description
The BlackBerry 7100g is the first of its kind-- a fully-featured mobile phone that delivers the power of BlackBerry e-mail. This is one sweet little handset, loaded with all of the cool features you want, like integrated Bluetooth connectivity, speakerphone, and downloadable ringtones. Plus, surf the Web the way it was meant to be surfed with an ultra-large, high-resolution color screen. Design
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Design-wise, the BlackBerry 7100g is a departure from the form factor of previous BlackBerry devices. This BlackBerry handset is far more phone-like, and RIM's engineers have managed to fit a QWERTY keyboard onto the handset's slim frame. Each button on the keyboard shares two letters and the unit automatically determines which letter is the intended one based on what it predicts you are trying to spell. This unique predictive text technology, known as SureType, enables the BlackBerry 7100g's diminutive size. SureType also learns the words you use most often, further enhancing your typing speed. The BlackBerry 7100g sports a large 240 x 260 screen that displays over 65,000 colors-- plenty of real estate to view your emails, web browser content, messaging sessions and attachments. The venerable BlackBerry trackwheel is located on the right side of the unit for quick scrolling through menus and emails. A speakerphone is housed in the top portion of the rear of the handset, just above the removable battery door. There's also a standard 2.5mm headset jack that can be used with the included headset. Calling Features
All the calling capabilities folks have come to expect in a wireless phone are present in the BlackBerry 7100g. As mentioned, the handset's speakerphone makes it easy to use the device handsfree, or if you prefer, use a wireless headset via the BlackBerry 7100g's built-in Bluetooth capability. A vibrating alert, speed dial, and a contacts list/address book that is limited only by the unit's 32 MB of internal memory, are also included. Any of the phone's 32 included polyphonic ringtones can be used to create caller-specific ringers so you can know who's calling without having to look at the handset. More ringtones are available from Cingular's MEdia mobile web service. Messaging, Internet and Tools
While the BlackBerry 7100g is a different kind of BlackBerry device, it's still delivers the legendary BlackBerry email experience. With BlackBerry service plans from Cingular, you can receive emails instantaneously from up to 10 email accounts (personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry push technology, you don't need to retrieve your email. Instead, BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new email arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats). If your company has a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed, you can take advantage of the power of wireless calendar synchronization. Your calendar events are exchanged wirelessly and automatically so that your desktop calendar and BlackBerry handheld calendar are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting requests, changes, and updates are instantaneously synchronized instantaneously with your desktop. Make meeting requests, invite new attendees and more, all on your BlackBerry 7100g. Users without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync with their desktop calendars and contacts via Bluetooth or USB using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software. Use the BlackBerry 7100g handset's Web browser to access the Internet from the palm of your hand. Browse Web sites, get up-to-date stock quotes, read the latest news, check weather reports and more. Instant messaging and wireless messaging are also built into the BlackBerry 7100g. The handset supports AOL, Yahoo and ICQ instant messaging, as well as SMS text messaging. MMS messages can be received and forwarded. The BlackBerry 7100g ships with a number of tools, including a calculator with a unit converter and a to-do list. The handset supports Java application and game downloads (available via the MEdia Net service). One game, BrickBreaker, is included. Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry 7100g weighs 4.30 ounces and measures 4.70 x 2.30 x 0.8 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 8 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty. What's in the Box
BlackBerry 7100g handset, international travel charger, USB cable, battery, holster, hands-free headset, SIM card, BlackBerry Desktop Software.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Excellent Edition May 23, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've used, and enjoyed, the normal form-factor BBs, and at upgrade time I was torn between the 8700 and the 7100g. While the email capabililty is a must, I'd grown tired of talking into what appeared to be a calculator. Besides the bulky ergonomics, I couldn't get past the idea that my voice just couldn't reach the microphone with the older form-factor (7290, etc...).
Choice made, and I couldn't be happier. This phone is excellent for me. No coverage problems (not that that's normally a hardware problem, anyway), and no difficulties with the hardware switch from old to new.
Pros:
1) Screen is phenomenal. While the 8700 is better, this one is excellent.
2) Form-factor is perfect for people who want to treat their BBs as phones.
3) Home screen layout is preferred. Where the older models are a massive grid of oft-unused icons, the 7100's default is to put the moneymakers up front. You want memos and tasks, head to a sub menu. You want messages, phone, calendar, and browser - one click's all it takes.
4) Browser is getting better, but its still got some maturing to do.
5) The backlight is gold. 7290? Not gold. Pyrite, even. This one? Greatness. First time I turned it on I was delighted, and that was at the factory default 60% brightness. I've since turned it down to 50%, but its gold I tell you...
6) Dedicated send and end buttons. So trivial, but so perfect.
Cons:
1) Sure would love bluetooth file transfer, too.
2) Doesn't wash dishes.
3) Ringtones are the suck. Games are the suck. Perhaps its that I'm on a corporate account, but I get no love from the various ringtone and games download sites.
4) The LED, it keeps blinking. Why, LED, why?! I have all the secondary notices set to none, and you still blink, LED! Why?!?!
 Blackberry 7100 May 21, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Reception is horrible... Very hard to hear a conversation unless you have the bluetooth...
People never hear me as well so the mic must be bad as well..
Switched it 3 times and still the same... Drops calls and very bad reception.
Not recommended...
Frustratingly subpar device March 28, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Consistently dropped called, extermely poor reception (in areas where other blackberries work perfectly fine), horrendous ear-and-mouth-piece for both listening and speaking into, flawed flawed flawed performance...I mean I can't even use call waiting without dropping both lines. The half-QWERTY keypad is alright but you might want to go for the full keypad...otherwise it beats the purpose of having a blackberry. Address book maintence is poorer than a standard cell phone. I can't short-cut add a number into my addressbook without copying/pasting the number into my address book explictly. Overall...stay away from this piece of junk, wait a couple of months and shell some money for the Motorola Q (the RazorBerry).
better than expected March 7, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like the previous customer, It's great for those urgent email messages. However I don't have a problem with the phone component. I love the keypad. I haven't had any problems with the reception. Might be area specific. Dropped calls rarely have anything to do with the phone, but rather the carrier.
I have had one problem with the sim card. This was due to the fact that with the blackberry I had to change the sim card so that I would be on the cingular network and not the AT&T network.
I am enjoying the blackberry and I love the fact that I can set it up to turn off and on automatically.
I hear the 8700 is better on the web browsing, but I like the sexiness of this phone.
Great -- if you need a paperweight February 3, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The phone part works well and coverage is good. I don't care for the flywheel-based OS, though that is personal taste. I also don't like the halfway keyboard solution -- not full QWERTY, not standard 12-key. The autotyping is flawed, editing text messages is difficult, and there is an annoying delay between depressing a button and the response.
This is all small potatoes compared to my big problem, however. Suddenly, after a several months, when I was linking to my computer, I got an error message. When I rebooted and reconnected, the software DELETED ALL MY CONTACTS AND APPOINTMENTS FROM THE PHONE. The software would then crash my computer when I tried to start it. I uninstalled and re-installed the software from the CD more than a dozen times, made other tweaks, and still the software refuses to do other than crash when it begins synching. Cingular told me to go to Blackberry and I can't find any fix or any way to get through to live customer help. So my "cellphone/PDA" is just a phone that will hold no information, contacts, calendar or anything else requiring synching. If I wanted to continue using it, I would have to get a separate PDA. I need a new phone/PDA, so this is a total loss. Lesson for me: avoid Blackberry products.
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