Why the BlackBerry Pearl Is the Future of Phones

Like today's best smart phones, the pocket communication gadget of the future will be an "everything device." At a minimum, it will function as a laptop, digital camera, video-capable media player, voice recorder, handheld, speakerphone and more. But unlike today's bulky, boxy, bloated Treos, BlackBerries and Windows Mobile smart phones, future offerings will be as tiny, thin, light and sleek as the smallest of today's not-so-smart phones. Don't look now, but the SMART PHONE OF THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED. RIM's BlackBerry 8100, the Pearl, is the first of a radical new generation of smart phones. (Link goes to the Computerworld article I wrote about -- and on -- the Pearl.)