mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Steve B
Re: RE
I recently received a Blackjack from my employer with 3G data capabilities and I am not impressed at all. When trying to make voice calls, it will only actually dial 25% of the time. The other 75% of the time it will just stop attempting to dial... no noise or notice that it didn't do what you just told it to do.
The data is slow. I would not call it broadband at all. Horrid lag, it takes 7 - 8 seconds for a website to even be found, then another 7 - 8 seconds for it to load. That's even when you have it tethered to a laptop.
Wireless data still has a LOOONG way to go before I would call it "broadband" with a straight face. |
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tlcbob
join:2001-07-11
Harrisburg, PA
1 edit | Re: RE Lock ups
That's why I went with Blackberry 8830. It is the ONLY converged device I ever had that actually would not lock up as you described. Palms and Win Mobiles seem to have issues when it comes to balancing the load when using wireless sync email,cal,contacts and incoming or outgoing calls. I had about 25% lock ups on those platforms.
The problem with Blackberry, was you had to invest $3000 in their Enterprise Blackberry software (supports 1000 users). Not any more! They now have a free download of the server that comes with 1 user license. Additional licenses are like $10. I have been using my 8830 for a month and have had NO lockups! I have factory bluetooth handsfree in my car and added a bluetooth stereo adapter to my car. I can talk and play music wirelessly! Who needs an iphone?  Not to bash it - I think the iphone is cool. However, if it has lock ups - it is useless for me. Any actual users (no fanboys allowed) who have real experience using enterprise syncing? Are there lockups with iPhone?? |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX
·Verizon FIOS
| I appreciate the advice. I will see if my company will let me expense a new phone... this Blackjack is killin' me! I'd say about 50% of calls that go over 4 minutes are dropped, which is quite often since I troubleshoot support issues over the phone to see if I can solve it before I walk my ass over. I think I may start logging the number of dropped calls. |
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