The Blackberry Pulse is very much a mainstay of the mobile phone market. Since the first Pulse was released in 2006 the phone has been redeveloped and reissued more than seven times, leading to the latest version of the phone, the 9100, a mid range phone that, whilst not having all of the glitz and glamour that the Torch – Blackberry’s leading high end device – has, it does pack a punch in its own way.

The first thing that anyone who knows anything about Blackberry phones would notice about the Pulse is that the QWERTY keyboard that usually takes up a great deal of space on Blackberry devices is absent. It seems sensible therefore that this should be the first aspect to consider and although many people may be put off by the fact that the extremely popular keyboard is missing, this worry is really unnecessary. Although the messaging and e-mail services are made easier by a full keyboard, the pad on the Pulse is comfortable and responsive as you would expect from a Blackberry product and the award winning software is still there so very little is really lost in this area.

The phone, despite being small in stature, also has plenty of features that would attract customers, including a 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, an improved media player and 3G signal, something that has been missing on certain Blackberry devices in the past. It also has social networking features that again Blackberry has been slow to adopt, so it seems that the company is finally managing to keep up with other smartphones in terms of the social side of things and not just the business of old.

Add that to a great new multitasking features that makes it easy to operate, applications and you have a much improved version of the Pulse in the 9100.