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