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 thenderScreen tycoonPremium
join:2009-01-01
Brooklyn, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Steely
Re: [Verizon] Upgrade to a BlackBerry, Droid or something else? What do you use your phone for and what do you feel are the major limitations of your current device? How do you use it? What would you like to be more intuitive/faster?
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 SteelyI rise when the sun goes downPremium
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Princeton Junction, NJ
kudos:1 | said by thender:What do you use your phone for and what do you feel are the major limitations of your current device? How do you use it? What would you like to be more intuitive/faster? Well, I thought I answered at least some of those questions in my initial post! 
Internet speeds on my 8330 are decent when I'm in a good area but not are not always great. They're adequate, though, I suppose. Processor speed can be slow and frustrating.
With regard to the organizer functions (calendar, tasks, reminders, etc.) I always thought my Palm was more flexible and intuitive. Also, the Palm Desktop Software replicated most of the fields on my computer screen which made it easy to make changes and upgrades and then sync them to the device. I think the BB desktop application is way inferior.
On the whole, e-mail functionality is good on the BB but it could be better. An "undo" function would be nice (for e-mail and everything else)! E-mail attachments such as PDF files and some photos can be difficult to enlarge and view properly. Larger e-mail messages are sometimes "truncated" with no way to retrieve the balance of the message.
Web browsing can be frustrating, too. There is no Flash support (not sure about Java) so some pages don't work at all. It's not that easy to enlarge text or images on a Web page and, as I said up top, the screen on my Curve is small compared to my iPod Touch and old Palm TX.
These are just a few things off the top of my head. Also, I know very little about the Droid products so maybe someone who has used both a recent BlackBerry and one of the new Droids can offer some comparisons. | |
thenderScreen tycoonPremium
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The processor speed being slow will anger you even with newer blackberries. My theory is the problem is rooted in the O.S. Newer Blackberries are faster, but the lag problem still exists. Even on a bold 9000 I encountered the other day, I hit send, began dialing and it couldn't keep up with the numbers I was typing. Sometimes it does this, sometimes it doesn't, but I've experienced blackberry lag on enough separate occasions on enough phones to know it exists, and the way the OS is being overhauled(NOT!), it'll be like this for a while.
As for the calendar, the BB is also a bit limited here. For example, let's say you use google calendar to schedule bookings in a multiroom facility. On the iPhone, you can log in and add bookings to several different calendars, and have them added to different calendars on your phone. With the blackberry, you can only add to one calendar which matches your name and every booking will show up on the same calendar. So, if someone calls and asks "is 10-2 PM available in room 1", you have to go to a computer.
As for web browsing, there are third party blackberry browsers. However, they take longer to pop up, have bugs, and due to the lower screen resolution do not impress like the more modern android devices. Opera Mini didn't have a sensible way to paste into the URL bar for a long time, and bolt's font is terrible.
You have to really love a blackberry for the specific features it offers and be gaga over its interface to justify buying one right now.
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 DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
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Palm Bay, FL
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| said by thender:Not i detail. The processor speed being slow will anger you even with newer blackberries. My theory is the problem is rooted in the O.S. Newer Blackberries are faster, but the lag problem still exists. Even on a bold 9000 I encountered the other day, I hit send, began dialing and it couldn't keep up with the numbers I was typing. Sometimes it does this, sometimes it doesn't, but I've experienced blackberry lag on enough separate occasions on enough phones to know it exists, and the way the OS is being overhauled(NOT!), it'll be like this for a while. Totally, this is my biggest gripe with mine. It's never consistent, and the battery pulls are just pathetic. My iPod Touch gets slow sometimes too, but not like this Blackberry does. And the 3GS solves this with it's faster processor.
I'm also so tired of the "chirp" during voice calls, which nobody can seem to fix. My Blackberry was my first smartphone, but I doubt I'll buy another RIM product with all the troubles I've had.
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 RoboticsSee You On The Dark SidePremium
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Louisa, VA
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| I had the 8330 for awhile. Still kind of miss it, but I went for the Motorola Droid when my time came for an upgrade.
Droid can be a little bit of a headache to learn. But in the end it is a neat (I have to say) toy.
But its a good phone, and you can just about say its a small pc.
Over all the Droid is a great phone with a few bells and whistles I could care less about. But I will be keeping it.
My daughter has the iphone, and Ive played with hers quite a lot, but decided on the Droid.
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I got rid of the chirping on my blackberry by down grading the OS...worked great, and no more chirping.
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