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Blackberry pros and cons

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BuckeyeNation27;1343526; said:
yeah i didn't like the way the storm felt. my brother has a nice one but I forget the name of it.

what's the best bb out there....not counting the storm?
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Are you with Verizon?
I work for a wireless company and have sold Blackberry's forever and cannot live without one, but they arent for everyone.

Your options at this point (assuming VZW) will be the Pearl (smaller and unique keypad) vs Curve (larger and QWERTY keypad). I recommend you go to a store and play with them both and see which one you like better. JWINS likes the Pearl because he is used to the suretype and is just as quick on it as a full pad, but you may not. Personal preference.

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I just read your first post. Why do you want a Blackberry if your not using email? Thats like dating a stripper but not wanting to see her naked.
 
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I have the pearl and really enjoy it. The size is a big plus, and I can type very well on the keyboard. The double lettered keys lead to bigger buttons and I can type pretty fast on there. The only gripe? osu always registers as 'psu' (you'll love that one :lol:). in the text guessing system.

I don't like how the microphone picks up everything. Any amount of ambient noise is amplified (those on the other end will hate this).

Also, it constantly loses track of the recent messages, which sometimes happens immediately. When you miss a call, you view your recent notifications (emails, texts, ph calls). I've had that list wiped out when I went to look at it. But that might be more of a verizon thing, who knows.

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All that being said, I believe I'll own an iphone next fall when my contract is up, whether that be at ATT or VZW.
 
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fanaticbuckeye said:
Are you with Verizon?
I work for a wireless company and have sold Blackberry's forever and cannot live without one, but they arent for everyone.

Your options at this point (assuming VZW) will be the Pearl (smaller and unique keypad) vs Curve (larger and QWERTY keypad). I recommend you go to a store and play with them both and see which one you like better. JWINS likes the Pearl because he is used to the suretype and is just as quick on it as a full pad, but you may not. Personal preference.

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I just read your first post. Why do you want a Blackberry if your not using email? Thats like dating a stripper but not wanting to see her naked.
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I like full QWERTY keyboards. That's why I have the enV now.

I can't use email because I would have to go through the IT guy at work for them to set it up....and then they would know I have a blackberry. Since they're paying for it, they wouldn't like that too much. I'm trying to see if I can get a smaller amount of minutes and that way I could explain it to them as saving money...but I doubt they'd buy it. I have to see how many minutes I use with my new work set up first.
 
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There might be, I know that they expect you to reset your phone at least once a day, by doing a battery pull (it out killing the phone and forcing a lengthy reboot).

Anyway, they've tried a number of things and out here in Pataskala I also had many calls I missed without any notification (as my wife informed me minutes later after returning from work). I may try to get out of my contract & ETF (given all of the problems) and hop over for an iPhone on AT&T's network. Verizon's network may be superior, but not where I live (which is also where I work).

Really, most of them have been network coverage issues, all vzw phones stink where I live.
 
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i've used a blackberry for 5 years now, and if i didn't have corporate email, i wouldn't be using it at all. there are much better options for just a phone/web surfing tool if thats what you are looking for. The blackberry has come a very long way in 5 years - this was my first BB - The 6750!

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and now i'm using the curve, so i'm a bit of BB geek, but honestly without the corporate email, i wouldn't be using it.
 
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I had a Pearl with no data plan and it was alright. Really good for texting, and you can sync your outlook calendar by using the BB Sync tool. I didn't give the data plan a chance because it didn't have 3G and the web browser sucked.

If you're getting a smartphone that isn't connected to work, and you're paying the extra money for data, get something with a really, really good mobile browser - thats the feature you're going to use the most and is what you're paying that extra cash for. I switched to an iPhone - I'm paying just as much as I did for a Pearl w/ data, but the data is finally worth it cause its actually freaking usable now. I hear the Bold, Storm and G1 for T-Mobile have really good browsers too.

Here's a nice review of mobile browsers:
http://gizmodo.com/5090988/mobile-browser-battlemodo-which-phones-deliver-the-real-web
 
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OSUsushichic;1345032; said:
Just get an iPhone. :)
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I used to think the iPhone was overrated, until my wife bought me the 8Gb 3G and the $30 unlimited data-plan yesterday.

iPhones are freakin' awesome!11!!11!

Surfing the web while in the recliner without having to futz with the laptop is just too convenient. (As an aside, BP needs a mobile theme. Ya know, since I'm sure Clarity doesn't have anything else to work on!) :wink2:

But yeah, BN, if you want a new-fangled phone with data/Webs but aren't specifically using Exchange, the iPhone is going to have a lot more utility for you than a CrackBerry.

WiFi snooping/hijacking instead of running EDGE or 3G where available, iTunes audio + video + podcasts, Google maps w/ GPS, Web, Mail, IM, Remote Desktop to XP, VNC, Pandora, WeatherBug, YouTube ... there are just so many things an iPhone can do.
 
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The wife's Crackberry is very very conveinent for her. I don't have one myself because I can't take it into my building at work.

But she can essentially schedule out her day, go do the grocery lists, etc and it has really helped her organization. The best part is we are EVILLLLLLL Sam's Club members, so I got the hardware for all of $46 :groove:

That said, the damned things are addictive. :biggrin:
 
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Dryden;1346348; said:
I used to think the iPhone was overrated, until my wife bought me the 8Gb 3G and the $30 unlimited data-plan yesterday.

iPhones are freakin' awesome!11!!11!

Surfing the web while in the recliner without having to futz with the laptop is just too convenient. (As an aside, BP needs a mobile theme. Ya know, since I'm sure Clarity doesn't have anything else to work on!) :wink2:

But yeah, BN, if you want a new-fangled phone with data/Webs but aren't specifically using Exchange, the iPhone is going to have a lot more utility for you than a CrackBerry.

WiFi snooping/hijacking instead of running EDGE or 3G where available, iTunes audio + video + podcasts, Google maps w/ GPS, Web, Mail, IM, Remote Desktop to XP, VNC, Pandora, WeatherBug, YouTube ... there are just so many things an iPhone can do.
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I just got the iPhone 3G (16GB) yesterday! It's so much faster -- I love it.

Some of my favorite apps: Pandora, Shazam, Meebo, Dashbuster (for Netflix), Mobile Fotos (for Flickr), Mobile News, Sportacular (a must for sports fans), Wikipanion, Urbanspoon, and the Vintage B&W for the camera.
 
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Dryden;1346348; said:
WiFi snooping/hijacking instead of running EDGE or 3G where available, iTunes audio + video + podcasts, Google maps w/ GPS, Web, Mail, IM, Remote Desktop to XP, VNC, Pandora, WeatherBug, YouTube ... there are just so many things an iPhone can do.
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And that's before you hack it. :evil:

Mine can record video and stream it to the web via qik, tether to my laptop, play NES games...
 
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On my home computer for the first time in three days (since getting the iPhone). Today I never left the recliner, and didn't even bother bringing my laptop home from work for the first time in several months. Sat around channel surfing all the sports events, followed the OSU/ND basketball game via ESPN gamecast on the iPhone (since I don't have ESPNU), reading the play-by-play on BP in another Safari window, while watching the UM/Duke game and text messaging a buddy of mine that's a huge Duke fan. Lovin' it!

The iPhone also bailed me out last night, as I had to make a trip to Columbus (Westerville) with a detour down 104 to the inlaws. Since I wound up on the SW side of C-Bus and wasn't sure the quickest way to where I needed to be on the NE side (do I take 71N all the way, or will 670 put me closer to 3/State St?) at 7:00, I finally got to use the GPS. Had my route planned out in 30 seconds and never lost a signal. I picked up either a 3G (blazing fast) or EDGE (not-so-fast my friends) signal through the whole drive across C-Bus, and just for giggles I used it on the way home to Lancaster afterwards and only lost my map for about 15 seconds in that cellular blackhole at Hill Diley Rd/33.

On top of that, I've been downloading apps like crazy and have copied over about 60 albums (4Gb worth of my 8Gb iPhone's capacity) to cover my music needs, plus have Pandora in case I want to listen to something different.

The iPhone has rendered my RAZR, iPod, laptop, and Nintendo DS obsolete in one fell swoop. At $199 for the new 8Gb 3Gs they're practically giving them away.

And I'll add, of all the gee-whiz things it can do, the most amazing aspect of it all is the battery life. It can go a solid 6-7 hours without a charge, and I mean that in terms of being on a solid 6 hours straight watching YouTube, using the GPS for an hour long drive, surfing the Web, text messaging ... I think its battery life beats my old cell phone, my laptop, and my 4G iPod combined. Absolutely amazing piece of engineering.
 
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