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Blackberry help...
Post by pablodefleurs on Feb 27, 2010, 9:08pm
Believe it or not, I have made it this far in life without a smartphone. I use a normal cell phone, don't text a lot & haven't had the ability to read email via my phone. I do have wireless access via my laptop and cable on my home computer, but....
...I'm thinking of getting a Blackberry. I've been told Storm or Storm 2...but am still not even sure if I actually need one. Is it a case of not being able to live without it once you get one? Or are they genuinely useful gadgets?
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by userinvisible on Feb 27, 2010, 9:37pm
I have a storm 2 in a verizon trade up plan............
It has, in addition to whatever you are already paying (assuming you have verizon) a 29.99 additional monthly fee for the access...........
I have only had it about a month. the sliding your finger thing takes about 2 days to get used to.........
It does way more than I have figured out to do with it so far.........and you can access multiple e mail accts with it if you have more than one.
It as a free radio thing where you can pick the station and get a "commercial" every 5-6 songs, some skip options or you can pay a monthly access charge to get rid of the commercials. I don't use it enough for that. the sound is decent has speaker sound or like a regular hold it to your ear thing.
You can pay 9.99 a month if you need a GPS option......already have a tom tom.
It also does full keyboard for texting, you can turn it landscape or "regular" (forget what the regular view is called).
All in all, I like it, as I learn to do more it will be better I am sure. Also has calendar, the camera is GREAT, you can do video and record with it.......
I have downloaded a free amazon kindle thing but no books YET.......
I had a different verizon phone and at a verizon store was able to cross load all contacts and pics I had on the old phone.
Like I mentioned before, it does a LOT more than I have figured out so far. Have a buddy that has one.....plan to pump him for info next week on what else I am missing..........
Hope that helps.......
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by pablodefleurs on Feb 27, 2010, 10:25pm
Thanks. It does help. Decisions. I do use Verizon. Think I'll crash the store next weekend & checkitowt...
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Post by irondiopriest on Feb 28, 2010, 12:29am
They are genuinely useful gadgets. I never thought I'd like one, but the time came for new phones all around the household, and my wife truly need a smartphone for work reasons. It was a better deal for us to just get all four of us on the data plan, so I went ahead, and now I'm glad I did. It's really handy to have sophisticated applications at your fingertips, and really handy to have availability of Internet when you're away from broadband.
BUT... Don't get a Palm Pre. That's what I got, and while I enjoy the versatility of the added features, the functionality of that particular phone is pretty lame. My wife hates her's too.
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by pablodefleurs on Feb 28, 2010, 5:52am
Thanks for the feedback. I'll place this image here...as a reminder...& think about it a little more.
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by alphabetsoup on Feb 28, 2010, 11:33am
I have a company issued Pearl - an indispensable piece of crap. It utilizes a trackball for navigation that wears out in the first two weeks and then jumps all over the place making you want to throw the damn thing (which I have done on occasion).
It also increased my productivity which is the reason why the company doesn't seem to mind replacing broken Crackberry's from time to time..
One other thing - Sometimes I'll get a call but the ringer doesn't alert me. The f'ing thing doesn't ring! The only way I know that I've gotten a call is if someone leaves VM. I've spoken to Verizon about it but they pretend that it doesn't happen. If it was paying the tab I would be all in their chit about it. This never happened when we had service through ATT...
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by pablodefleurs on Feb 28, 2010, 5:49pm
Thanks.
Do any of you work with Outlook, specifically the calendar function? Is it easy to use (set appointments, etc) given a smaller keyboard space?
I'd guess answering emails is about the same as texting...just using Outlook Mail?
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by userinvisible on Feb 28, 2010, 6:07pm
Feb 27, 2010, 10:25pm, pablodefleurs wrote:
Thanks. It does help. Decisions. I do use Verizon. Think I'll crash the store next weekend & checkitowt...
If you can.......check it out in the store, but buy it ONLINE. It will save you money and takes less that 3 minutes to activate once it is on hand. Probably less that 3-4 days depending on where you are and the time of day you order it for Fedex to get it to your door. Shipping was free too.
I haven't messed with any of the "Outlook" options, yet.
Just getting back to work Monday after my 60 Day retirement vacation.
Last day is TODAY ....... but I gotta pay bills. and eat........
Re: Blackberry help...
Post by pablodefleurs on Feb 28, 2010, 6:47pm
Feb 28, 2010, 6:07pm, userinvisible wrote:
Feb 27, 2010, 10:25pm, pablodefleurs wrote:
Thanks. It does help. Decisions. I do use Verizon. Think I'll crash the store next weekend & checkitowt...
If you can.......check it out in the store, but buy it ONLINE. It will save you money and takes less that 3 minutes to activate once it is on hand. Probably less that 3-4 days depending on where you are and the time of day you order it for Fedex to get it to your door. Shipping was free too.
I haven't messed with any of the "Outlook" options, yet.
Just getting back to work Monday after my 60 Day retirement vacation.
Last day is TODAY ....... but I gotta pay bills. and eat........
Yeah...sleeping indoors & eating really take a chunk outta the budget, eh?