Web Browsing


The Pearl has an outstanding Web browser, which, coupled with the fantastic Media Player, makes the Pearl a nearly fully functional Web device. You can use it for just about anything the World Wide Web offers: reading news, browsing Web sites, shopping, checking information (stocks or sports scores), and listening to or watching content.

The Pearl can perform all those tasks, although with a screen that's 240 by 260 pixels, it's not easy to get a huge amount of information to view. The two main limitations of the Pearl's browser are speed and screen size. Sure, the EDGE networks are faster than anything before, but if you're used to T1 speeds with your cable modem or DSL line, the EDGE is going to seem a tad slower than what you're used to (and that's the understatement of the century). The screen size is less an issue, because the brightness and color of the screen are so impressive that you don't often find yourself wishing you had a larger screen.

Web sites themselves appear a little different from what you see on a computer screen, but all the information is still there.


To get into the Web browser, just click the Browser icon in the main screen (Figure 4.18, next page). From there, you are taken to your Bookmarks page, which looks much like the bookmarks page on your computer. Press the Menu key to access the Go To command; then you can enter any Web address (Figure 4.19, next page).

Figure 4.18. The globe at the bottom of the main screen takes you to the Pearl's Webbrowser application


Figure 4.19. The Go To command takes you to any Web site when you type the site's address


From the Bookmarks page, you can press the Menu key to get to the History page, which shows you the entire history of your Web-browsing activities on the Pearl.

In the end, you can use the Pearl to do just about anything on the Web, from watching streaming video to listening to audiobooks to shopping at Best Buy. The small screen and somewhat slower speeds can take a while to get used to, but when you are used to them, the Pearl's Web capabilities are very impressive.




The BlackBerry Pearl Pocket Guide, 1/e
Blackberry Pearl Pocket Guide
ISBN: 032149699X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: N/A
Pages: 67

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