Cleaning the trackball of the BlackBerry Pearl
September 29, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories, BlackBerry
I’ve been rather disappointed with the trackball of the BlackBerry Pearl the past few days. I assumed that having a trackball mechanism would make the Pearl immune to the failings of joysticks getting stuck or getting less sensitive as wear and tear progresses.
As it turns out, the same can happen to the Pearl, and not only does pressing down become a problem, the discoloration of the white “Pearl” ball becomes apparent also. I’ve had mine for about seven months already and the pearly whites are showing dirty earth grays.
There’s a thread on the BlackBerry forums that describes the process on …read more
