Here is another thread that you might want to follow:
Apple - Support - Discussions - does blackberry sync? ...
Looks like others are having similar problems. I have used missing sync for my Treo, and it worked great. I was looking into downloading it for my new Blackberry 8130, but after reading that several others are having issues, I might wait. I wonder if not enough people have reported to Markspace that missing sync is not working with the Verizon pearl for some reason. I imagine they will work on a fix if it is there issue. They have good customer support, maybe an email to them might help. Pocketmac is working okay for me right now, so I will stick with that until this gets solved. Good luck, and please post your findings so all of us mac users know what to do to solve this!