Before the Pearl, I was using the blackberry 7100t, with Tmobile. The 7100t is big and bulky, and it was a bit slow, but I loved having my email with my  phone. What I wanted was something that looked like a regular phone, but had blackberry functionality. The pearl is a dream come true -- it's sleek, thin, a beautiful and comfortable phone, top quality reception, and it even has an MP3 player.