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BlackBerry 7130g SmartPhone Overview

Expected UK Release Date: Available

Key Features
High Resolution 65k Colour Screen (240 x 260 Pixels)
QWERTY, QWERTZ & AZERTY Keyboard
BlackBerry Internet Service™ Instant Messaging
Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
Bluetooth® & EDGE Technology

Design

49%

Usability

38%

Features

42%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

BlackBerry 7130g SmartPhone Review

The BlackBerry 7130g is a member of the BlackBerry 7130 Series™ & its a real show stopper with its highly user friendly technologies & features. The 7130g comes in a stylish casing which weighs 120 grams & has a solid feel to its design. The BlackBerry handset comes with a high resolution screen which is light sensitive & has a 240 x 260 pixel screen resolution. The screen provides up to sixty five thousand colours on its large & easy to view display. The BlackBerry 7130g measures 115 x 56 x 18 mm which is a slim & neat size considering all of the mobile technologies packed into its casing. The 7130g is not just a phone but a mobile applications & office device which works like a mobile office. The user can input data using the QWERTY, QWERTZ & AZERTY style keyboard & will find text input easy with the help of built in SureType™ keyboard technology. The BlackBerry range of mobile phones offer practical designed handsets with high performance features & include other mobile phone designs like the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl, BlackBerry 8700g & the BlackBerry 7100g.

The phone comes with built in BlackBerry Internet service which offers the user an instant messaging feature on their handset. The user can use the instant messaging feature to communicate with other contacts who are online at the same time as the user. The instant messaging service works like an online conversation between instant messaging compatible users. The BlackBerry 7130g comes with a text message & multimedia messaging service which allows the user to create, send & receive messages in either format. The text message service offers the user a text only input method for the messages & the multimedia messaging service offers a text input with images & sound to enhance the messaging experience. The user can only send multimedia messages to a multimedia messaging compatible contact. The phone comes with a highly efficient email service which works like the email service on the users office or home PC. The user can send, receive, store, forward & delete emails on their portable BlackBerry 7130g. The user can view file attachments in all popular file formats on their phone. The phone comes with a built in address book which allows the user to store all their contacts details & contact numbers easily. The user can access their calendar, task list & memo pad from the highly useable menu system. The 7130g is compatible with popular personal information management software. The user can take a call over the speakerphone system which provides the user with a handsfree call. The BlackBerry 7130g allows the user to give their phone a personal feel by changing the ringing tones & alerts to suit the users taste. The phone can play ringing tones in polyphonic, MIDI & MP3 ringing tone format.

The 7130g comes with 64 Mbytes of integrated Flash memory & with a SRAM memory option. The phone comes with a fitted battery which will provide the user with up to 430 hours of standby battery time & up to 4 hours of talk time from a fully charged battery. The user can enjoy an integrated wireless experience with the help of the integrated Bluetooth® technology. The user can connect to any Bluetooth® compatible device including a handsfree car kit, headset, laptop or PC & enjoy a wireless experience using Bluetooth® technology. The 7130g comes with an built in Web browser which allows the user to view Web sites in HTML format which provides a real Web experience on a portable handset. The phone comes with EDGE & GPRS which provides the user with high speed data transfers. The built in technologies allow the BlackBerry 7130g to run applications at a fast speed. The user can enjoy international roaming with their phone thanks to the quad band GSM network technology.

BlackBerry 7130g Specifications & Features

Screen
65k Colour Screen (240 x 260 Pixels)

Imaging
Wallpaper
Screensaver

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email
BlackBerry Internet Service™ Instant Messaging
Attachment Viewer

Sound
Polyphonic Ringtones
MIDI & MP3 Ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating Alert

Entertainment
Embedded Games
Downloadable Games

Organiser
Address Book
Calendar
Memo Pad
Task List
Personal Information Management (PIM) Software
Document Viewer
SureType® Keyboard Technology
QWERTY, QWERTZ & AZERTY Keyboard

Connectivity
Bluetooth®
USB
GPRS
EDGE

Network
Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)

Internet
HTML

Memory & Talk Time
64 Mbytes Flash Memory plus SRAM Memory
4 Hours Talk Time
430 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
120 g
115 x 56 x 18 mm

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Reviewer: Shain Dash - Perth, Australia
Date: 7th Jun 2008

Great for emails & messaging but I hate using the phone. Poor connection, low quality, bad Bluetooth, would not recommend it to anyone unless having a phone & only using this for messages.

Design

70%

Usability

25%

Features

70%

Reviewer: Juan - London, UK
Date: 19th May 2008

This mobile phone is so pathetic, that I found my one lying around in a bus. I can't take pictures, I can't listen to music, I can't receive stuff from other phones. Useless!

Design

25%

Usability

Features

15%

Reviewer: Madhavan - India
Date: 15th Nov 2007

I have not seen such a useless phone in my life time. It's not a mobile we can give this mobile to kids for playing.

Design

25%

Usability

10%

Features

30%

Reviewer: Ben - Philippines
Date: 15th Oct 2007

My Blackberry 7130G is reliable, efficient & cost effective. Not much on the aesthetics but very high on performance. It has very strong signals, where some phones cannot be reached due to weak signals, my blackberry can rise up to the challenge.

Design

75%

Usability

95%

Features

80%

Reviewer: Andrew - UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

I love this phone as a business tool. OK it doesn't have a camera or music player. But I don't need this for work. Clear screen, intuitive operation (in the main), it's good to use as a phone & for sending, retrieving e-mails, SMS both in UK & abroad. This phone has replaced both my old blackberry & my mobile. I can even manage without my laptop on short trips which is great.

Design

85%

Usability

85%

Features

65%

Reviewer: Trent - Perth, Australia
Date: 5th Jun 2007

The worst user interface I've ever seen, can a workplace actually get away with giving me this phone in 2007. No camera, expandable memory or music player. I know I should work hard & the email is good but let's live a little.

Is it just me or is it silly to have a switch on the side when it could be in the middle (like the pearl) & why do I have to press about 10 buttons to open email attachments only to find the resolution is so bad you can hardly see them.

I am astonished that people put up with these & boring screens & type & off course they must love pressing buttons. The worst phone ever with 5% for usability.

Design

30%

Usability

Features

20%

Reviewer: With - London, UK
Date: 15th Jan 2007

Solid performer, loads of standby time, the guys in the office who have the Pearl all say they miss the jog dial on the side.

Software can be a pain to get to grips with, as have had several issues with even upgrading. QWERTY can take a bit to get used to if you haven't owned one before, but it does come with time. No camera, but then this is just a work horse, solid construction, been dropped many times.

If I could get some of the applications working better I would score higher.

Design

85%

Usability

85%

Features

70%

Reviewer: Peter - Cleeemthona, Belize
Date: 25th Dec 2006

Who on earth picked this phone? It's like, it can't even fit in our own pockets!

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Usability

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