BlackBerry threw a party the other night to celebrate the launch
of its new Pearl phone. I was there, duly sipping champers and
looking at the celebs hired to add glamour to the event.
BlackBerry Pearl  Actually, that’s not strictly speaking true.
Other people were looking at the celebs and pointing them out to
me. I haven’t got a clue who: “that girl from Love Island who’s
had far too much plastic surgery" is.  Anyway, to the point. I
think the world of Blackberry's - they merge all the business
functionality of a PDA with decent web browsing and email
software. But for a long time they have been associated with
people who wear stuffy suits. So why is RIM throwing the type of
party more usually associated with a Sony product?  The answer
is that the Pearl is a cool phone. I mean really cool! Not only
does it do email, proper web surfing, text and instant
messaging; it also does photographs, video, music and all the
cool stuff that most modern mobiles do.  And it looks cool!
Sorry if this sounds like a sham