I purchased a t719 about an hour ago. Have not had much time to play with it, but I'm getting email from my .mac account and am able to send files to the phone by BT.

I bought it in frustration at my BB7105 which was only 6 months old. My biggest issue was that the BB was not a phone. It couldn't do normal tasks, like sending vcards by BT, but worse, the mic quality was lousy. It was not really a good business phone with everyone telling me that I sounded like I was underwater.

The t719 KB is much easier to use than the 7105. The keys are flat and smooth with a very short stroke. Fingers slide across them well. Fingers snagged on the 7105 kb. I was not impressed with the Pearl at all. The thumboard seems unusable since the keys are so small unless you're using a pencil eraser.

It's nice to have BB email in a real phone, especially a flip phone.

I'll post more experiences later if anyone is interested.