[alox]

The kickstart was developed to resolve the pearl's single greatest reliability flaw - lint in the trackball, and phantom phoene calls. Most consumer users simply pocket their phones, and don't use clips or fancy cases. For them, a flip-phone has a built-in case, and solves these problems. Not a problem if you use a case though.

[strike2tamu]

The only drawback I see to the kickstart is actually getting a case for it...I have never had a flip phone that had a decent case.

[mikemannion62]

Originally Posted by RogersBTSC

KS is as stated above the new pearl.
The concept of the pearl is great,its marketed towards the mainstream rather than the business industry,but there are of course fallbacks to the pearl.

Its gotta be the least reliable BB on the market.
Hopefully the kickstart will be better.

i got my pearl 4 years ago about a year ago i upgraded to the curve at that point in time she inherited my pearl. since she has had the pearl she has spilled beer on it left it in a rainstorm (for like 3 minutes) and dropped it in the toilet and it still works. she didn't have any kind of case or pouch or anything on her phone at the time either. so as far as i'm concerned the pearl is a pretty rough and rugged phone sounds reliable to me.

[RogersBTSC]

Damn man,you got the luck of the draw...i get tons of calls from customers who had only dropped their pearl on a carpet and it breaks.