alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of BlackBerry 7100v from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 2.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.co.uk. Views about the performance and durability are on the whole positive.

With the 7100v you can get the BlackBerry mobile email client in a much smaller form factor than the original, but how many compromises have been made?

£from free The lowdown The original BlackBerry had a pager-style design befitting its role as a corporate email tool. With an eye on consumers, Vodafone is offering the BlackBerry 7100v, which keeps the push email system but looks and feels…

If you think BlackBerry devices are all blue and square-ish, you are in for a surprise. Eager to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, and aware that the size and shape of traditional BlackBerry ...

BlackBerry's popular remote email access wrapped up in a smartphone format

BlackBerry phone's svelte form and unusual (but usable) new text-input software make for a genuinely useful phone-e-mail hybrid.

Full internet access, including email, is now available on this phone-sized device from Vodafone. Why restrict yourself to a standard internet connection?

You've seen those company exec's talking into a pocket calculator sized phone? well that was the first blackberry. But now that's a thing of the past as RIM give us the new 7100V but is it a Blackberry or a Raspberry?

It takes time to master the keyboard, web browsing is slow and there's a distinct lack of expandability. But it doesn't matter: the BlackBerry 7100v is a fantastic way to keep in touch with your email

Vodafone's BlackBerry 7100v is a fair mobile email device so long as you don't need to handle graphics, large spreadsheets or complex documents. But as a handheld/phone combo it's eclipsed by more capable Palm OS- and Windows Mobile-based offerings.