 TomPremium
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Chicago, IL | reply to Steely
Re: [Verizon] Upgrade to a BlackBerry, Droid or something else? Just a data point: I've had a 9700 for about 6 months, and have the opportunity to mess around with a Droid for the next month or so. While there is a lot more flexibility available with the Droid, I find myself coming back to the Blackberry.
I'm not sure if it's because I like the keyboard better on the 9700, but even with huge thumbs, I like the fact the keys are firmer on the BB keyboard than on the Droid, and I primarily use the phone as a messaging device. Also, the screen on the Droid seems to pick up fingerprints a lot more than an iPhone/iPod Touch.
That said, the Droid has a nicer browser and a terrific screen, but having had the opportunity to use one I wouldn't switch. Take the advice given here, though, and go try one yourself. Everyone has different opinions about what they like in a phone.
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 SteelyI rise when the sun goes downPremium
join:2000-10-15
Princeton Junction, NJ
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1 edit | said by Tom:While there is a lot more flexibility available with the Droid, I find myself coming back to the Blackberry. I was just about to post that it looks like most people are advising against another BBerry when you had to mess it up! 
Yesterday, I spent maybe 10 minutes in a small, non-corporate Verizon store looking at some of the phones. It wasn't nearly enough time to make a decision but I do know for sure that I don't like the whole touch screen thing on the latest BB Storm, so that's out. The Motorola Droid looked cool...and later in the evening my electrician stopped by the house and pulled one out of his pocket. He told me he just got it after a couple of years using a Curve 8330 like mine and said it blew the old BB away in his opinion. Apparently it's great with gmail (duh) but not so great with yahoo mail w/o 3rd party intervention. I primarily use gmail, aol.com and verizon.net mail so I guess I'd be in good shape.
I guess I should have asked earlier, but is it easy to transfer contacts and contact information (including all the sub-fields) from a BB to a Droid? It was surprisingly difficult to properly copy the information from my old Palm TX to my Curve. |
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TomPremium
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Chicago, IL | said by Steely:said by Tom:While there is a lot more flexibility available with the Droid, I find myself coming back to the Blackberry. I was just about to post that it looks like most people are advising against another BBerry when you had to mess it up! Yesterday, I spent maybe 10 minutes in a small, non-corporate Verizon store looking at some of the phones. It wasn't nearly enough time to make a decision but I do know for sure that I don't like the whole touch screen thing on the latest BB Storm, so that's out. The Motorola Droid looked cool...and later in the evening my electrician stopped by the house and pulled one out of his pocket. He told me he just got it after a couple of years using a Curve 8330 like mine and said it blew the old BB away in his opinion. Apparently it's great with gmail (duh) but not so great with yahoo mail w/o 3rd party intervention. I primarily use gmail, aol.com and verizon.net mail so I guess I'd be in good shape. I guess I should have asked earlier, but is it easy to transfer contacts and contact information (including all the sub-fields) from a BB to a Droid? It was surprisingly difficult to properly copy the information from my old Palm TX to my Curve. I'd give the newer BBs a try as well. The old ones were slow and not particularly feature-laden, but you'd be surprised as to what is available on the newer models.
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SteelyI rise when the sun goes downPremium
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Princeton Junction, NJ
kudos:1 | When I have more time I'll return to a Verizon store and try to play with the various models. Meanwhile, my electrician returned today and again told me how much he loves his Droid compared to his previous 8330, and a friend at work with a new Eris was raving about it once again.
Someone also mentioned the Nexus One to me today and I remembered it had been brought up in this thread. I don't know anything about it! |
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 DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
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Palm Bay, FL
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| said by Steely:Someone also mentioned the Nexus One to me today and I remembered it had been brought up in this thread. I don't know anything about it! Check it out: »www.google.com/phone
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SteelyI rise when the sun goes downPremium
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Princeton Junction, NJ
kudos:1 | Looks interesting but there's no specific info as to when it will be available on VZW. I also didn't see anything about how it functions as a calendar/date book/organizer. And it looks like it's about $500 out of pocket directly from Google. We'll see... |
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DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
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Palm Bay, FL Reviews:
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| If you want to see it in action, try searching for it on YouTube. I bet there are some videos of it in action from phonedog. Also, the high price of $500 was for buying the phone unlocked without a contract. It's $179 if you sign a contract with T-Mobile. I missed that at first myself when the phone first came out, but yeah, it's available at a discount with a new contract like nearly all other phones.
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