The “pearl” on my blackberry pearl hasn’t been working so great lately. Because it’s such a core part of the phone this is really disabling, and I really only want my phone to last until the iPhone comes out. I decided to take it apart and do some cleaning, to my dismay it’s a very good lint (and who knows what else) magnet. After some cleaning (and breaking a couple plastic parts that aren’t really necessary), the pearl works like new!