The T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl (also known as the 8100), is RIM’s major move towards a more consumer oriented device. The most obvious feature is the pearl-like trackball centered just below the screen. The second thing that you think when you see this device is how small it is, […]

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In this second part of the “showdown” between the two major wireless device choices for the deaf user, I’ll take a closer look at the latest devices from each camp. The slimmer and sleeker T-Mobile Sidekick 3 “SK3″ has been chosen to represent the Sidekick camp, and the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8705g “8705g” is nominated […]

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How many of you have struggled to decide on a T-Mobile Sidekick or a RIM BlackBerry when it was time to buy a new wireless device? Allow me to help out with a general overview of these competitors in the deaf pager market. The funny thing is that until very recently, RIM and T-Mobile (or […]

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There is a funny photo making the rounds of the deaf internet via email. It appears to be a photo of one of those highway announcement signs, saying
“DEAF DRIVER
NO SIDEKICK T-MOBILE
WATCH OUT”

The implications of having a real sign say this are amazing. Why single out deaf drivers? Not all deaf […]

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