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Re: Trained? Really?
Most of my friends love the gadget portion of the phone. Internet, maps, apps, etc.
But, most say the phone portion is crappy.
I had a Palm Treo for about 4 days. I HATED it. It was too big, too clunky, and didn't do the things I needed, mainly e-mail, well.
I wanted an iPhone when it first came out, but I wanted to stay with Verizon. Now, I think I'll be going with a Crackberry when my contract is up in May. Not necessarily the Storm, but something with push e-mail & a QWERTY keyboard.
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PolarBear
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join:2005-01-03 | Once you start using Crack(berry), you never go back. |
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ptrowski
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| said by PolarBear  :Once you start using Crack (berry), you never go back. I used one, and went back as have many others.
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I must disagree. I recently stopped using a BlackBerry and went back to an incredibly flaky PocketPC phone -- and I'm much happier. Blackberries stink, largely because they don't actually do anything (except bounce e-mail through Canada and display it in plain text).
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PolarBear
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Yes, we've had that debate. All I have to say is, the term "Crackberry" exists for a reason. |
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| said by PolarBear :Yes, we've had that debate. All I have to say is, the term "Crackberry" exists for a reason. Maybe because it was the first real popular smartphones with a keyboard. Now the market is flooded with them, but the term has stuck.
It's similar to how most touchscreen phones are being compared to the iphone.
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PolarBear
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Sounds like you may have had an older, less capable model. The new models do everything. I can't live without mine, as I basically use it as a PC when I'm away from home. |
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said by PolarBear :Yes, we've had that debate. All I have to say is, the term "Crackberry" exists for a reason. Yes. That reason is that they were the first to get mobile text messaging mostly right. People are no more addicted to them, specifically, as than they are addicted to TiVo or AIM over the other products in those categories. (I think you mistake people's addiction to communication for an addiction to a particular, rather lousy, product line.) And RIM/BlackBerry been resting their huge haunches on those laurels for many years now. It's long past time for them to disappear. I didn't expect it would be Apple to make that happen though.
Edit: To your last post, no, my Blackberry was several years newer than my old PocketPC phone, and it still stunk up the room. It felt like going from an airy forest to a prison. Yes, I've seen and worked on the even newer models and am still unimpressed.
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P.S. WindowsCE/PocketPC is still a mess in its own right, but I'll take it over BlackBerry and Java any day.
Edit2: Word choice struck.
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I have an 8703 BB with Verizon and I hate the thing. Only reason I have it is for work.
I like my G1 way better than the BB. |
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said by PolarBear :Yes, we've had that debate. All I have to say is, the term "Crackberry" exists for a reason. It does. No one has gotten email right for BlackBerry users, not even the iPhone. I've tried to convert BlackBerry users to the Windows Mobile Platform and one user to an iPhone and they both sent the phones back after 2-3 days ... for a BlackBerry.
I like WM just fine and I used a BB for a few years, but the vast majority of folks who use a BB won't even touch the Storm because of the on-screen keyboard. My girlfriend and I played around with one when looking for a replacement phone for her this weekend and both of us hated it. It was sloooooow and extremely inaccurate. |
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