RIM Pearl gets put through its paces

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Ah, the life of a gadget - if you're lucky, you surf the wave of hype all the way from patent through peep-tease spy shots to official launch and into the pockets of loyal early adopters. If you’re not so lucky - or, to be a pessimist, flawed in some way - then a bad review knocks you off course and all of a sudden all that hype starts to taste sour. Might this be the case for the noble RIM Pearl? [details]