A few months back Mrs Q complained so much that I didn’t have a decent phone to take photos of the baby with that I started hunting for one.

I was fortunate enough to find a seller on a VW forum selling an unopened Pearl 3G which I managed to get for 80 quid after haggling.

Initially I wasn’t keen on it, felt fiddly, didn’t really see the point of it all, but it was new, modern and has an ok camera.

Three months on and I have to say it’s great. All most the perfect mountain biking phone for me.

It has a decent enough a camera to snap shots with.
It’s small
Long battery life in normal use.
GPS – today I tested out Nogago for blackberry and it was the business for tracking my route.
Music player – decent enough and good sound.
Internet – never had a phone with it before – i see the point now when needing to look something up.

downside to it is the media keys are a pain and easy to push when trying to get out of pocket to change songs.

Definitely a phone I would recommend to others if they were after something small with GPS and a decent screen.