Michael J McCafferty wrote:
My 2 cents, for whatever it's worth to the OP:
I love my Blackberry. I don't use it for appointments, but I use it
heavily for email and notifications, and web. Sure it doesn't even
think about doing Flash or videos. But, as a productivity device, it's
awesome. I am very happy.
I don't know what model you have, but the one I got a few weeks ago has
a video already in it. The video is none other than a self
advertisement, but it's good, both the sound and the video.
But I'm guessing you are talking about videos on the internet since you
mentioned Flash. On that I cannot speak. I don't do internet with it.
The things I like about my Blackberry are all tiny little interface
things... it just seems to know what I want to do. For example, in an
email, if there is a phone number with an extgension number, whn I am
anywhere in the email I can just hit the trackball and it will ask if
I want to call that number (with the yes highlighted just push the
trackball again). Once it is connected, it will ask me if I want to
dial the extension (agian, yes is highlighted, just push the
trackball). I can put it on speaker and surf the web while on the
phone, and when I am all done with the call or go back to email for
that account (whch it can IMAP upto 10 email addresses), that email is
still open right where it was before I went on the tangent.
Ditto on it remembering where I was before being interrupted (by an
incoming call or whatnot). Even if I go in circles in the help menus,
it remembers how I got where I am and allows me to back out *exactly*
the way I came, via the same convoluted circles (or just jump all the
way out if I prefer).
In most places, I have observed the same intuitive behavior. Altho
there *are* a few places where its intuition is wrong or just plain not
there. But overall, I must say that its intuition is quite good.
I did NOT like the fact that it refused to let me see my call history
while in a call. It seems to think that the current call is the only
history of any importance. But luckily (and accidentally), I discovered
that the messages *is* accessible during a call and shows me the info I
want about previous calls. So, all is right again. I even put the
Messages on one of the hot buttons on the side. (I just wish that it
would not ask me if I'm sure I want to do that while in a call. But,
intuitively, the affirmative option is default and all I have to do is
click the trackball.)
I very much like the Bluetooth earpiece. I sprung for one of the two
$100 models that were available and don't regret it. By the way, when
they say "up to" 30', believe it. I don't think it's possible for me to
go beyond 30' and keep the Bluetooth connection. It's noticeably noisy
at about 20', and even less distant when the earpiece battery is weak.
I have to charge the earpiece once or twice a day (depending on how much
business I do).
I have not tried the WiFi link. I'm considering adding that option to
my plan, tho about the only place I would ever use it (currently) would
be at home (if I set up WiFi on my DSL). But as more and more
businesses are adding WiFi hotspots, it might be a really good thing to
have (assuming that it will automatically take advantage of an in-range
hotspot). I think WiFi may only be a home-use kind of thing for it (at
least with T-Mobile). What's the range of WiFi anyway?
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Ralph
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I don't see any use in spelling a word right, and never did. I mean I
don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling
words. We might as well make all our clothes alike and cook all dishes
alike.
--Mark Twain
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