OK, of course there's a catch. You can try out a BlackBerry Pearl virtually from the comfort of your own computer chair by installing the new BlackBerry JDE 4.2 (Java Development Environment). The BlackBerry JDE comes with BlackBerry simulators that run on your computer, giving you a virtual device to put through the paces.

This tool is mainly for developers, but if you want to experience the user interface of the Pearl without shelling out cold, hard cash, this is one way to do it. You can also try out most any other BlackBerry handheld model using the same tool.

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