The Sludge

anyone got one? If so how do you rate it etc? Was wanting the new omnia 11 but told blacberry better

views please.

Stu.H

Ian
Ive got the Blackberry 8110 I think it is, my works mobile.
Utter crap unless its used for whats intended (email on the go)

Trying to blag the bold tho

JohnnyB

I have a work blackberry, but unless your has the blackberry service running on you exchange server then its a good phone with a some apps.

but for email with exhange server its the doggs bits. its just like using outlook, the calender from work updoes live and when you read a email its marked as read on your laptop out look.

so work thinks you are working all the time as you can respond 24/7 and they don't know you sitting in the pub. lol

jonnyrsturbo

i had 1 then took it back and swapped it for the nokia e71

The Sludge

lol@ j onny b

stu- been offered the 8900 curve or the storm

natehall

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I have the curve 9000, got it in april this year and it took me the whole of about 30 minutes to work out the basics i needed.

Amazing piece of kit and the perfect tool for my use, email on the go via t-mobiles imap integration works flawlessly and it is a great tool.

The Sludge

never heard of it, but just google it and wow, i like

MadMac

TBH all the people I know with Blackberrys are either

i) Businessmen that have them for business use or

ii) People pretending they are important businessmen and hangs out in bars saying "Yeah I'm that important I need my work e-mail 24/7"

Which are you boy

JohnnyB

For work they are great, I mean great no phone can come close, but if I needed a phone for my self hmmmmmm I think N96.

You can open xls docs word docs fucking PDFs they are brill you can work wanking in the car its great.

The Sludge

lol im not a business man as such, but i am a store manager for somerfield-the issue i have is that i get a ton of emails to get done from area manager etc. dont always get chance to do what i need to do from home etc

cossie604

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Ive got an 8320 curve and I really like it....get on well with it. Come upgrade time, which is soon, I shall be sticking with the blackberry brand me thinks

MadMac

In that case if it is ligitimately for work reasons... get them to pay for it

But be warned... it will take over your life.. I've seen marrigaes ruined over CRACKberrys

JohnnyB

They are great devices, for what I do they piss over the Iphone in a big way, just so interated to exchange its like having a laptop in your pocket.

Stu.H

Ian, if its works emails, then blackberry is the way, they are great.
Jobs we get passed, i copy the details into my calendar in outlook on the laptop and they are automatically synced to my BB
Im just waiting for the BES server upgrade as when you have 2 BB's on the server and you want to erase the details of one of them, it automatically does the bottom one.
I found out the hard way and had to leave it for another hour to load the service books back on to one id deleted!!

Personal use, get an iphone, business use, BB all the way

MadMac

I was waiting for the Apple haters to show up....

MadMac

Agreed

Stu.H

If you are contemplating a Crokia over an iPhone, pop round for a beer and i'll show you why no other phone on the market is like it....

JohnnyB

fuck off mad mac for email they kill the Iphone in a big way, i have a Iphone and they are good, but not as good as BB for work mat.e don't even come close

Stu.H

Didnt he agree with me?

MadMac

Woah hostility their!!!

First of all, I agreed with you on using a BB for business e-mail because of the e-mail functionality.

But I also said, if its not for work use and is just personal then an iPhone is a better choice.


But if you want to get all personal and really start compairing then Apple does have a VERY good e-mail service called mobile me.

http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/

Which, you have push e-mail (e-mail arrives on your iPhone moments after someone sends it) and all your calenders and contacts automatically update, via push on iPhone, A MAC PC and an Outlook Exchange PC too.

Have a look and then let me know if its as good as your BBs.

RichieST

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I had a blackberry storm, I know its not a real blackberry but fook me it was shite! Replaced it after 3 days as I hated everything about it. Got an N96 now, and thats even worse

jonnyrsturbo

its an awesome phone mate, i love it

The Sludge

im going into the shop tomorrow to have a closer look before i make me mind up

imnoteasy

i have a storm for work, perfect.

but as a personsal the iphone is better

kitchy

i work in a bar and 4 people i work with have blackberrys, battery life isnt great and 3 of them have gone wrong so i dont think they are that reliable, great for using to play on facebook and the internet at work or in the pub tho