BlackBerry Pearl 8100 vs BlackBerry Bold 9000

BlackBerry Pearl 8100

BlackBerry Pearl 8100

Announced On:September, 2006

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BlackBerry Bold 9000

BlackBerry Bold 9000

Announced On:May, 2008

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BlackBerry Pearl 8100 vs BlackBerry Bold 9000

BlackBerry Pearl 8100	BlackBerry Bold 9000

Price
EUR: €200	EUR: €80
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Querty Keyboard	Candybar, Querty Keyboard
Dimensions
107 x 50 x 14.5 mm (4.21 x 1.97 x 0.57 in)	114 x 66 x 14 mm (4.49 x 2.60 x 0.55 in)
Weight
89.5 g (3.14 oz)	133 g (4.69 oz)
Build
	Trackball
Colors
Black, White, Red	Black, White

Type
Display
65K colors Wallpapers	65K colors
Size
2.2 inches, 15.6 cm² (~29.1% screen-to-body ratio)	2.6 inches, 20.1 cm² (~26.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
240 x 260 pixels (~161 ppi density)	480 x 320 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~222 ppi density)

Technology
Network
GSM	GSM / HSPA
2G Bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
64MB	1GB ROM, 128MB RAM
Card Slot
microSD (dedicated slot)	microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook
Yes	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
Yes	Yes

GPRS
Connectivity
Yes	Class 10
EDGE
Yes	Class 10
Speed
	HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
WLAN
No	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth
2.0	2.0, A2DP
USB
Proprietary	miniUSB 2.0
GPS
No	Yes, with A-GPS, BlackBerry Maps

Main Camera
Camera
1.3 MP	2 MP
Camera Features
LED flash	LED flash
Video
No	Yes

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
	MP3/eAAC+/WMA
Video Format Support
	MP4/WMV/H.264
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry OS	BlackBerry OS
Java
Yes	Yes, MIDP 2.0
Browser
HTML	HTML
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, IM
Games
Yes + downloadable	Yes + downloadable

CPU
Hardware
32-bit Intel XScale PXA272 312 MHz	624 MHz
Keyboard
QWERTY	QWERTY
Soft Keys
2	2
SIM
Mini-SIM	Mini-SIM
Speakers
Yes	Yes
Navigation / Controls Keys
	Trackball navigation
Audio Jack
No	3.5 mm

Battery Type
Battery
Removable Li-Ion 900 mAh battery	Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Standby
Up to 360 h	Up to 310 h
Talk Time
Up to 3 h 30 min	Up to 5 h

Features
Additional Features
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) Media player SureType keyboard software Organizer	BlackBerry maps Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) Voice memo/dial

SAR US
Misc
	1.51 W/kg (head) 0.95 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
	0.84 W/kg (head) 0.66 W/kg (body)

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