Pros: Small, Easy to Use, Email Access Without a Modem Cons: Service Area Has Dead Spots, Particularly in Big Buildings, Pricey When Figuring in the Monthly Access Fee
Getting a little tired of trying PDAs on my own I wasn’t too excited when my employer placed a box on my desk and asked me in a note to try this. I honestly had never heard of BlackBerry. While it has some things in common with my Palm IIIxe, it is more...
Pros: Instant Messenger, Email, Calendar, Address Book, To Do List; Excellent User Interface; National Coverage Cons: Web Browser Sucks! Cannot access major sites out there (i.e. Amazon.com, Yahoo! Yellow Pages)
To See My Update on 5/12/2001, scroll to the bottom of the article.
Intro...
There are 2 versions of the Blackberry with Instant Messenger (AOL or Yahoo!). Since I have the Yahoo! version, this article will be more Yahoo!...
Pros: Email everywhere, comfortable keyboard despite its size, deceptively useful, easy to get addicted. Cons: Pricey per month ($50)
I'm a real-life dilbert.
I'm a technical engineer for a large IT department. I have 3 devices strapped to my belt (well, almost. I put 2 of them in my pockets. I don't find it 'chic' to show you're a geek). I do my best to...
Pros: Loads of great features, easy to use, and keeps you connected Cons: Does not work everywhere and will often have long delays
Do I really need to be this connected? Is there no where left to hide in this world? I received a RIM blackberry as what was supposed to be a replacement for my “one-way” pager. Well, needless to say, I still carry my one-way in addition to the...
Pros: Email pretty much anywhere, small, well thought out interface Cons: Needs a second computer for us travellers
I am a communication hound – cell phone, voice recorder, internet cell phone, lap-top, PDA, yada, yada. Got ‘em or had ‘em all. Sitting in stationary traffic on the freeway has often been a source of great ideas – but scrabbling for a pen and paper...
Pros: Great Corporate tool, time management and mobile e-mail. Cons: Holster clip weak, allows RIM to fall to ground quite often
Our company partnered with RIM to be their first guinea pigs, and test all the functions of the Blackberry in the real-world. I have used the RIM Blackberry for over a year now, and it has been holding up fairly well, considering how much abuse it...
Pros: Too Many to list Cons: Price of service is high
The Research in Motion Blackberry 950 is a first rate device. It's design is extremely well thought out it's construction is rugged. The device is very intuitive to use and really doesn’t require any reading of the manual if it is pre-activated for you....
I've heard for the past year or so that the RIM Blackberry is just awesome! I'm a gadget nut, but I've been hesitant to adopt for some reason. I use a Palm Vx for my PDA and use a notebook for my email....
Pros: Email, always! ALL OUTLOOK FUNCTIONS Cons: A bit pricey... but worth it!
I got yelled at last week for paying more attention to my Blackberry than my girlfriend! I wrote a memo to myself using the little thumb-activated keyboard (I am up to about 30 words per minute now, no nintendo-thumb either) TASK - Get rid of jealous...
Pros: can send e-mails,compact. Cons: Low beep, no background illumination
I have been using the RIM Blackberry E-mail pager for the past 3 months.Being a Systems Administrator , I need to be alerted immediately
if anything goes wrong.
The Blackberry Wireless E-mail service has been doing that job of receiving...
Pros: Send/receive email from anywhere, syncs to everything in MS Outlook, fun to use Cons: Pricey, a little bulky even it if needs to be
If you rely on Microsoft Outlook and all of its features at home or work and if your productivity depends on responding to your emails on a timely basis and staying on top of your to-do list and knowing what's on your calendar, you should consider a...
Pros: email anywhere, small, easy to use, flat fee usage Cons: must be running Microsoft Exchange/Outlook
BlackBerry by Reasearch in Motion (RIM, RIMM - Nasdaq) is a wirless pda that allows full integration with Microsoft Exchange. (it is actually your email from you@yourcompany.com, not forwarded to you@palm.com like with Palm) The device is a little bigger...
Meet the new & improved electronic organizer, the wireless Blackberry, a wonderful technological dessert for those business tycoons who want their communication to be both sweet and tasty.
Pros: Send/Receive mail from my corporate account, always connected, flat fee per month, helps my productivity Cons: Limited 3rd party apps, can't search on calendar items, keyboard not backlit
I've owned several 'PDA's (Casio data bank, Newton, Marco, Magic Cap, Handheld PC, WinCE, Rex, Palm I, Palm III, Palm V, PalmPC) that were supposed to help me be more organized, change my life, etc. - well they all fell well short on these lofty goals...
Pros: Great screen, always email. Cons: No WAP, PQA support (yet)
Having had the 950 for a while, I was looking forward to the 957 upgrade. I was not disappointed in any way. The 957 is thin, light, and has a marvelous screen. (It is better than palm, because it does not need to be pen-activated among other...
Pros: If you have exchange Cons: If you don't have exchange it's a waste of money.
I bought the Blackberry RIM 950 about 18 months ago, with all their promises about wireless email they fail to point out the one important point and that is Microsoft Exchange Server.
Blackberry does not support the Internet Addition, which...
The RIM Blackberry or Interactive 950 Wireless Email Pager is a nifty device. The main feature of course is email anywhere! You can receive email at any time and then reply. The tiny keyboard is suprisingly easy to type on using both thumbs. A...
Pros: A Convenient, Easy to Use way to get/send emails anywhere! Cons: Addictive
It looks like a pager, although, it is as much like a pager as it is like a toaster. What does it do that makes it an essential item for more and more, well the short version is
- it is integrated with Outlook so that users can send and...
Pros: Sleek, sexy, and Michael Dell carries one. Cons: It does not work where I need it the most!
I have a love hate relationship with my Blackberry pager. It came to me as part of an intracompany shmooze-a-thon. Turns out that our CEO is buds with the honcho over at RIM. So without even dropping a dime, I am up and running with Wireless email....
Sure, the RIM pagers with Blackberry or BellSouth service looks like it would be great to have for making your life easier, but hang on a second. I returned my RIM pager about 2 weeks after I purchased it and I can tell you it was worthless. If you are...
Pros: Syncs nice with PC. Good coverage in my area. Excellent support from Earthlink. Cons: Problem with the cradle. Reliance on multiple providers (ISP, BellSouth, etc)
I switched from a Palm VII, which I had been using primarily for corporate email to the Blackberry 950 Internet edition. It definately pays to do some homework before you buy because there are a lot of options. I'm using the Internet version, which I...
Pros: Small, lightweight, e-mail comes to you. Cons: The smaller model is hard to read. I chose the 957 with the larger screen.
The problems experienced by the writer who said he didn't like his Blackberry and returned it after two weeks was not having problems with the Blackberry itself, but with the Bellsouth Internet Service Provider.
Pros: Keyboard, Jog Dial, Wireless Email!! Cons: Size, Screen
I got a Blackberry through my employer, who paid for the unit and the service. Previously, I was using a Palm 3 that I had for about two years. I was pretty happy with the Palm Pilot, so I probably wouldn't have sprung for the Blackberry on my own. Now...
Pros: Small, always on, always connected. Cons: Too small to surf. Use a color pocket PC instead.
I recently read an opinion on the Blackberry stating that attachments could not be read, or attachments could not be forwarded. I do believe that in all fairness this is really not accurate. You can use Itrezzo.com to open attachments, send to fax...
I currently am developing for and using 2 blackberry devices.
The first is the amazingly successful first popular model; the second is the new and (mostly) improved bigger screen/newer OS model.
Pros: Always "On" Always "Connected" Cons: Two to choose from
Palm and others need to wake up, be creative and not just try and mimick the way we view the internet on a desktop.
This has to be the best all round unit I've purchased to date. I've had a Palm V and Palm M100, these units do everything but allow...
Pros: Great Design and Ultra-Portable Cons: No web browsing and no 3rd party apps
The blackberry is one the best designed devices I have seen in a long time. The device is just the right size for carrying on your belt; A larger device (like a PDA) is just to big to be portable. The keyboard, while small, is decent enough for such a...
Pros: Size, Connectivity Cons: Size, Inability to Read Attachments
Before you read my opinion, please bear this caveat in mind. I am writing this opinion, primarily with a lawyer, investment banker or other similar professional in mind.
I work for a large NYC law firm that recently gave Blackberries to all...
Pros: Easy to use, Nice keyboard Cons: Does not run PalmOS
The RIM Blackberry is the best for wireless email. The unit is easy to use and understand. The keyboard is very functional and I am able to type about 40 wpm on it. The Blackberry has autotext feature that allows you to use a type of macro to type...
Pros: Beware cell phone & pager CO's ! RIM has set a new standard for communications. Cons: PRICE...Shop around, $300+ or $99.95 !?
RIM has made Instant messaging so simple with the blackberry and the mobile communicator. Cell phones are simply too difficult to work the keyboards. Both work off of cell phone signals so beware of your service area and plan ahead! The bad news is the...
Pros: Recieve/Send Email from anywhere Cons: Bad Range
Backberry - It has the right ideas...but its technology is not quite up to score. Blackberry needs to have more advanced technology before consumors rely on it too much. My blackberry device has a very limited service range. It recieves much...
Pros: Send/Receive email away from office Cons: NO web browsing or stock quote checks, old technology based
The Blackberry is made by a Canadian company RIM (Research In Motion). The basic use of this device is to send and receive email while you are on the go. It does this job very well but you will not find much other functionality other then this....
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