| T-Mobile introduced latest mobile phone
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| | have found it better to have them a
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| T-Mobile BlackBerry 8800. The keyboard
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| | little closer to the middle of the phone.
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| backlight on the BlackBerry 8800 is
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| | Unlike most regular phones, the volume
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| linked with the screen backlight. There
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| | keys only function when you are in an
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| are ten brightness settings, and you can
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| | application that has volume controls,
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| set the backlight to go off after one of
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| | such as in a call or the music player. To
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| seven time periods from 10 seconds to 2
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| | control the device volume at other times,
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| minutes. There is no option to keep the
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| | you will need to use the profile system.
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| backlight on indefinitely. The keyboard
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| | As with the BlackBerry 8700, the 8800 has
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| backlight is on whenever the screen
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| | a landscape QVGA (320 x 240 pixel)
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| backlight is, which means that even if
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| | display. QVGA has become the standard for
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| you're in a well lit situation the
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| | mid to high end phones, and it provides
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| keyboard will still be backlit. We found
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| | good detail for most functions. Our score
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| this to be a little wasteful. We found
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| | for screen resolution is standardized
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| that the quality of the keyboard
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| | based on the total number of pixels
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| backlight left something to be desired.
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| | displayed. Pixels Per Inch (PPI) is a
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| Although we were able to see all the
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| | measure of how densely pixels are packed
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| letters and symbols, we found the
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| | into the screen. Higher pixel density
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| backlight to be much weaker towards the
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| | leads to richer colors and sharper
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| center of the keyboard.
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| | detail, while lower pixel density can
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| The volume keys on the T-Mobile
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| | make the screen seem washed out. The
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| BlackBerry 8800 are located near the top
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| | BlackBerry 8800 packs 165.3 pixels per
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| of the right hand side of the phone.
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| | inch. This is slightly higher than the
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| There are two keys, one for up volume and
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| | BlackBerry 8700's 155 PPI, which reflects
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| one for down. The keys feel "squishy" and
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| | the fact that the screen is slightly
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| don't provide very much tactile feedback.
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| | smaller on the BlackBerry 8800 than on
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| We also found that when pushed, they
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| | the 8700.
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| unbalance the phone in our hand. We would
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