The following are my personal experience in using the BlackBerry.
Pros: It has the best technology in the world which has made BlackBerry famous around the world. The push technology is definetly ultimate for people who are on the move and want to be in touch with other people by email without loging into any website or internet. The older BlackBerry phones, although not really as good as the ones from major manufacturer like sony erickson, Nokia, Motorola etc. But one could ignore it as the technolgy which balckberry had would overide the problems in thier phones. But the launch of new BlackBerry models have definetly improved the quality and durability of the handsets.They also have a very clear screens now.
Cons: The roller ball is still problematic and the more you use the more it sticks deeper into phone. Although the roller ball does help in easy scrolling on the phone. But one is heavily dependent on this little roller ball.
My experience Although a bit on the heavy side, but aint all the PDAs heavy in size and bulky? The battery lasts quite longer this time. There are remarkable improvements in software. Software was always the best in Blackberry across all the phones. It has a impressive full Qwerty keyboard. It really works across continents. I had travelled extensively in US and it did work across without me changing any settings. The same was applicable when i visited Asia and it was connected throughout the journey and i could get all the emails almost instantly. This was a big plus for black berry user like me. This is the frist time in my life that i had a uninterrupted emails during my travels....A big Plus for me. This is called quad band. the features. It is pretty good in handling calls and has all the ringtones avialiable for a business user (built in) and ofcourse one can download as many as he wants. It has a built in speaker for hands free chat, which was missing from earlier BlackBerry models. Sending SMS and emails are rather simple like the Microsoft Email and the SMS can also be sent in the same format except one has to change the format to SMS or email while sending it. It also support MMS. One specific point was the clarity of the phone calls. I have used some major established phones in the past and was surprised to see the absolute clarity in the sound. This is coupled with far reaching reception. It catches signal where most of the phones fail.
earlier whenever i used to travel overnight, the frst thing after checking in the hotel was to open the Laptop and get the internet connectivity to donload the mails. Now it is the thing of the past, as i can very easily even download the attachments. there is aoption where one can either download the attachments or ignore them. Anyway anothe copy of the same mail is later downloaded on my PC/Laptop.
I would not like to go and list the features of the phone here as you can read the product details at the company website or anywhere on the web.
Conclusion BlackBerry has become very important to me and there are some more reasons as well. firstly it real business phone, secondly it is wonderful for people who are travelling and need to be connected by emails (not internet) . Pleas d note that one needs to have a subscription for voice and data from the operator and they are seperately charged. The charges for data do vary according to the amount of data downloaded or it also has a flat fee. I would recommend this type of handset for a business or for people who travel overnight quite a lot and not for eenagers or casual users or for people who love to play games and listen lots of music or for people who are interested in snapping photos.
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re rated. My sister has one and I think they can take over your life...
helencbradshaw 29.12.2006 18:46
A tip: you have spelt blackberry as two words all the way through, and have even got typos in its spelling. People researching a blackberry will never find your review with these errors..
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