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.