The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 was, and still is, a lovely little phone, QUERTYfied, pocketable, and rocking that little milky trackball that gave it its name. There’s finally a true successor coming down the pipeline (the flippy 8230 not really counting) though it ditches the iconic pearl for a now-standard (and hopefully more reliable) touchpad. QWERTY is also out, replaced by a swoopy SureType keyboard, but the overall dimensions look very much the same, meaning this should fill the tiny BlackBerry void once again — whenever it ships