Do you own a Blackberry or similar device?

[Eli Weiss]

I wonder how many of us are email connected when on the road....

 

[Offshore]

I have a Blackberry curve. I use it more than I ever thought I would.

 

[Caterina Platt]

I'm curious how you all like your Blackberries. I had a Palm Treo 650 and liked some of the features, but as a phone.....stinky. Worse yet was Verizon's billing, so I switched back to T Mobile and got a Dash. It's OK, not fantastic, just OK.

 

[Scott Kibler]

Samsung Blackjack II on AT&T's network.

Nifty windows non-touch screen device that synchs painlessly with outlook and the various filesI need synching.

Does NOT do push-mail ala RIM devices very well at all. I believe this to be an AT&T issue. Not a big deal to me as I don't need it. Manual send/receive is fine with me.

 

[Eli Weiss]

I have a Treo 700 with Sprint Mobile email with push technology, the email comes in instantly, with out the $30+ Blackberry fee.

Caterina, I agree with you that its clumsy, and I am looking to upgrade to the new Sprint Blackberry Curve.

 

[Offshore]

I'm curious how you all like your Blackberries. I had a Palm Treo 650 and liked some of the features, but as a phone.....stinky. Worse yet was Verizon's billing, so I switched back to T Mobile and got a Dash. It's OK, not fantastic, just OK.

Overall I give the Blackberry a B+, my billing is with AT & T

I probably need to see what improvements they’ve made with the newer ones.

Phone/voicemail-works great

Email fine

I have Efax and can’t open faxes/attachments

Texting-great, my kids use it to reach me instead of calling


Internet browser, okay for reading news, sports, stock reports, etc.
Not good for banking or checking bank websites. There are programs that do it, Opera mini, Accendo, etc. but I haven’t mastered it yet,

Camera – medium quality pics, good to have if your appraiser camera is full or batteries run down.

Push to talk feature- never bothered to use it.

Music & games, never use those, mine is for work only!

 

[Caterina Platt]

Thanks for the reviews!!

My 'Dash' has a far better phone capability than the Treo, but I've got a few beefs.

Very short battery life

The camera is not quite as good as the Treo, but I agree. Better than nothing in a pinch.

 

[Financially Feasible]

I have a Motorola Q... it does everything that I need. E-mail and internet... I don't need a lot of fancy options either. The thing is worth its weight in gold.

 

[JRS at OBX]

I just have a regular cell phone that plays "mexican hat dance" when it rings.

I don't need no stinkin blackberry.

 

[lisagruhot]

I have a T-Mobile Wing. I used to have a Blackberry, but I do like the Wing better.