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It looks like product leaks online are the norm in getting pre-selling publicity for mobile phones this days. The big majors are doing it, so why not from a small Canadian company specializing in business – focused smart phones that have become quite popular among corporate tykes. Enter the Blackberry Pearl 9100, codenamed Stratus or Striker.

This is the latest handset from Blackberry’s Pearl line-up. It sports a candybar form factor that many mobile phone brands seem to have put aside in their rush to market QWERTY, sliders and Touchscreen handsets.

Here’s one from RIM and from the pictures we’ve seen, it’s attractive enough to bring the good old days of the reliable and easy to use candy bar handsets. Too bad the lone video earlier posted in many blog sites is no longer there, as if the RIM head honcho ordered its pull-out.

But we had hoped Blackberry will come out with some innovative form factor one of these days, like a vertical slider for instance. Not that we’re getting bored with its superannuated candy bar QWERTY and landscape displays, but something new is always welcome.

Simpler and more Traditional

Some Blackberry fans just pine for these simple handsets and want to have the Blackberry experience they’ve enjoyed on their QWERTY handsets in a more compact form. The Pearl 9100 answers their wishes. Maybe they want their kids to own one for having topped their class or are in the honor list or just as a graduation present next year.

At any rate, the new Blackberry 9100 gets 3G with WiFi that its earlier Pearl siblings have but forgot in other models – something we hope will be standard basic feature in future Blackberry handsets.

The phone has the Blackberry 9700 looks with a signature SureType keyboard with a wavy row of keys with multiple characters in each key. There’s the now-familiar optical trackpad that has replaced its earlier trackball that proved somewhat problematic after a while with normal use. There’s a 5th edition Blackberry OS that will run the handset.

There’s a “Pearl” emblazoned at the back between the lens and flash. Two things become clear: the camera has flash. Knowing RIM to be less interested in making their handsets sport a whimsical camera, we figure its camera would have a resolution no larger than 3.2 megapixels. But at least it will have flash lighting but Autofocus would be great.

The other thing is its name. Previous Pearl handsets didn’t have the name anywhere on their bodies. We won’t be surprised if Blackberry uses an entirely new designation, like Pearl II or Pearl III, when it hits the markets.

We hope to see GPS on this one as well since the previous Pearl had one. A longer talk time than its earlier 8100 is also anticipated with news that it will sport a redesigned battery. Other than that, not much else can be gleaned from leaked news and photos of the forthcoming Blackberry Pearl 9100 handset.

Anticipated Availability

With a track record of months between online product leaks and official announcement, we don’t expect the new Pearl to be available anytime soon. Not even in time for the post holidays. Late spring or Q2 of 2010 seems more like it.
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