Well, after playing with the PageWriter a few months ago and the Glenayre,
and the Rim, I prefer this one. Although the Rim was faster to read
messages, since it isn't clam-shell-like, the Motorola is the next
best thing. I chose the Motorola over the Rim because I could keep the
same pager number I had with the current pager service. On the other hand, with Rim I needed to convince my company to sign up for a new service.

The T900 comes in various colors to sell it with the young crowd. Motorola
is aiming it towards to teeny-boppers, check out their TV commercials.
While I don't feel that high-schoolers should have pagers, this pager is
awesome to get in touch with someone and for them to reply back without
needing to get to a phone.

I use this tech gadget at work, since I'm in IT support, I use it to reply
back answering their questions. I can also email a member of my team if
they're on the other side of the building somewhere. I can even reply to
people when I'm away at lunch or at the beach :-)

While the service in the area is good for when the signal is strong,
80% of the time I'm able to use the two-way. I fail to
get a signal 100% of the time in a server room or a room with lots of
wires/computers. I don't live near mountains or close to the beach so
I am not sure how the reception is there. I've received news updates and
there's features on the pager to vibrate or beep preferences for pages
versus news.

With the T900, as with the Motorola PageWriter (a big chunk of a brick),
the clam shell is a love it or hate it deal. I would do without it, but
for a tidy little package it works fine. I wish they made finger lips on
the two narrow sides so that I could open it with one hand, otherwise
you'll need two hands to open it quickly. Typing on the little keyboard
is fine for my fingers, fat fingers will have problems. The keyboard is
pretty fast. I was able to punch in a good sentence waiting at a stop
light. It's possible to type with one hand, but it's much faster
if you just use both hands. The backlight does wonders when you're not
under the sun. The T900 is better then the 2000 because I can Cap Lock or
Function Lock the letters until I'm done with it. I don't recall the
PW2000, but I remember it not locking the cap/function, but it would
do one at a time (don't flame me if I'm wrong). If you use it regularly,
you'll be changing a AA battery every 2 wks. Compared with the PageWriter
2000 which included a charger and rechargeable battery, but with that
model it was a one week battery life. The T900 is good if all you need is
a two-way pager.

Comparing the PagerWriter is good if you need the other bells and
whistles. The Glenayre unit is a waste and very difficult to enter
messages. The Rim (both pager and PDA) are both good units, with a smaller
keyboard and integrated Exchange client. If you're not a fan of M$
Exchange and not an Outlook user, go for the Motorola T900. If your
company has a high Exchange/Outlook use, then I'd go for the Rim with the
client.

You can't go wrong with the T900. I would say it'll satisfy 75% of the
two-way pager users out there. Assuming that you don't need anything other
than two-way use. The Rim is an alternative if you can't deal with the
clam-shell of this Motorola or want to use it with Outlook/Exchange. The
T900 doesn't have games, no notepad, no calculator, no calendar. It's got
an addressbook (for the pager numbers, email address, short notes, phone,
fax, etc), news folders, and various Motorola tones.

I think I was one of the first at my company to get the new Motorola
two-ways, I've seen a dozen others now with it, from managers to techies.
It's catching on.

If you got a two-way, check out www.hz.com and get stock ticks, FedEx
tracking, weather, Letterman Top-10, etc.







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