lgreenberg, I just bought a second set of eGrips (these are the Black Universal Carbon Fiber eGrips that look like they fit a Nokia phone. I was not able to go with my mom, who bought them for me, and look to see if they had any specifically for BlackBerry 7100 models). I tested the performance by placing 6 grips on my 7100t and 6 on my 7105t. I put the grips on the back, sides, and tops of my 'Berries. Here's my review. I don't have a digital camera or I would post pics of my grips.

The grips that I put flat on the back of the phones work fine and keep the 'Berries from flying off a tray and/or nightstand in my room (I have a bad habit of dropping and knocking things off tables and trays, including my 'Berries). They also keep me from dropping my BlackBerry on my pc, the other reason I bought them. My phones slide out of my hand a lot.

However, the eGrips on the sides and tops of both BlackBerries won't stay in place. I find myself having to secure them back in place several times a day (which happened with the top grip from the first set). Am I putting them on wrong? As you said, there are no pics of them being applied to BlackBerries, which would help a lot. Even the ones I got from eAccess.com didn't have a picture of them being applied to a 'Berry.

I can get both phones into my Krusell Multidapt Case with the eGrips but I cannot close the zipper completely with the grips on the bottom of the phones (the side grips are so long that they cover the bottom of the phones too). The problem happens when I try to close the case with the zipper. The zipper stops when it gets past the grip on the left side of the phone. In other words, I am able to only close the case halfway. How hard is it going to be to get the 'Berry in my Fortte Open Face case with the grips on? I know that case has no zippers but I just want to know how much of a fight it will be to close the top snap and how much I may have to stretch the case to fit the side grips.

Other than these few problems and questions, I love eGrips. I wish I'd had them before I went thru 3 hp iPAQ 6315 Pocket PC Phone Editions which were unusable after damaging drops which broke the SIM card holders inside the phones. Same thing happened to 2 Dell Axim X50 Pocket PC's which just up and quit working after being dropped (I knocked over the first one while it was in it's cradle, which was also damaged in this incident).