Re: BULK BUY - Blackberry - preliminary feeler.

["PatrickLidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Gerard McGovern" <stuff@i...>
wrote:
> > gerard, you seem quite knowledgeable on this subject, perhaps you
can 
> > suggest a better way for the UK community?
> 
> it all depends what you want to do.
> 
> if you just want email on the move, you could argue that any phone
with
> WAP can offer that. taking that a step further, all recent 
Ericsson/Sony
> Ericsson phones have a POP3 email client built in and that is my
> preferred method of access.
> 
> at the moment, there isn't really a device like blackberry that is
> readily available in the uk. all of them tend to be much bigger
(ie
> 9210, ipaq etc). however, the danger device will be here soon and 
palm
> have an interesting device in the pipeline that I can't really say
much
> about :-)
> 
> anyway, those are the options. blackberry is a nice idea but a
crap
> execution.

Ericsson have made a good effort with their POP3 client, but as with 
the iPaq it's really only suitable for read only use/very terse 
replies. The 9210 fairs a little better in this respect, but whilst 
the data modem is very resilient and performs well in poor coverage 
areas, it only supports circuit-switched data, not GPRS, and the e-
mail client is incredibly sloooowwww to pull mail off servers even on 
HSCSD connections - which makes it very expensive. And it's a brick.
Where the blackberry wins in my book is size + battery life + 
keyboard + GPRS. It has rough edges as a first gen product, but 
nothing else comes close today.

What I really want (really really want...) is a device that takes the 
Psion keyboard, and adds integral GPRS & 802.11b with a landscape 
format colour screen, Opera browser, decent e-mail client and PC sync 
software that works flawlessly in a unit as thick as a Palm. I 
suspect I've got a long wait...

Ho hum
Patrick

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