Blackberry - Pearl 8100 Cell Phone Review

My husband decided to change our carrier about two years ago to T-mobile, which is how i ended up with the Blackberry Pearl 8100.  At the time it was the cool new phone to have.  I would have been happy with my old one. lol  It took a little getting used to at first, since navigating is way different depending on the phone.  There is a handy tutorial right on the phone, which helps you with shortcuts and commonly asked questions.  Especially useful are the lessons on typing and texting, which i love to do.  The phone has an alarm, a camera, a calculator, a calendar, all the usual suspects.  It is bluetooth enabled and is supposedly one of those "smart phones".  hah hah.  I just recently learned how to hook it up to my computer, which was fortuitous indeed.  all of a sudden the phone started going wacko, erasing all my text messages and eventually just completely turning off.  Apparently, it needed to talk with the mothership (just kidding) my computer.  the one thing that truly aggravates is the stupid track ball in the middle.  At first its awesome, but if for some reason it wears out like mine did, then too bad. its pretty integral to the whole usage of the phone.  All in all, i like it, but dont really need all the bells and whistles.