The smallest BlackBerry smartphone yet, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 smartphone is as powerful as it is compact. This stylish world phone offers global 3G connectivity, a brilliant high-resolution screen, and an innovative keyboard with Sure Type technology that supports the advanced messaging features. It"s ideal for those who prefer a compact device, but still want a smartphone that delivers a full BlackBerry experience. The Sure Type keyboard anticipates your words for easy texting and e-mail. This unique predictive text technology, known as Sure Type, makes the Pearl 3G"s diminutive size possible. Sure Type also learns the words you use most often, further enhancing your typing speed. Enabled for use lightning quick HSPDA 3G network, you"ll be able to easily access the Internet as well as quickly download video, music and more. You"ll enjoy all the communication and connectivity features you"ve come to expect from a BlackBerry phone including e-mail served up by the BlackBerry Internet Service and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM). And with its Wireless-N Wi-Fi capabilities (802.11b/g/n), the Pearl 3G will receive Wi-Fi access at U.S. hotspots. You"ll be able to access BlackBerry App World to download applications from a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphone, including games, entertainment, social networking and sharing, news and weather, productivity and more. The Pearl 3G runs the BlackBerry OS 5, but it"s ready for upgrading to BlackBerry OS 6. A hot-swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot provides additional storage for multimedia files and archiving applications. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, visual voicemail for easier access and response to voicemails, and up to 5.5 hours of talk time.