While perusing the sites I usually peruse, I managed to scrape up this piece from CommsDesign.com, the homebase for Communications System Design magazine and a whole plethora of other related materials. The article takes note of the Pearl’s departure from the original BlackBerry design and the steps it took to get, as well as giving some amazing technical insight to the product. There’s even a little bit of Pearl porn (or pr0n for those types) that we cleared with the censors to post after the jump (bigger version here).
“Sensitivity to manufacturing complexity is evident. Predominantly single-sided surface mount limits placement costs, and the bar phone construction allows final assembly to occur with few reorientations, further shaving factory costs.”
