Seidio has begun shipping an extended life battery for the Blackberry Pearl. Claims to increase talk time by 170%, has a cute little cutout to expose the speaker for better sound quality, and fits the Seidio rubberized holster. Introductory price of $49.
While I’m in favour of extended battery life, I wonder how well this product will do. After all, isn’t the point of the Blackberry Pearl its form-factor?Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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The first comment that everyone (geek and non-geek) makes about the Blackberry Pearl is how thin it is. I think RIM's product managers and engineers had some knowledge about the market.