We just upgraded our phones to the curve from 8830 world. Another thing to note is battery life is REALLY bad compared to the 8830.
On 6/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing about Blackberry and Verizon... > > Although this does _not_ apply to the Storm, it seems Verizon disables the > GPS system in the Blackberrys they supply (so you can subscribe to the > Verizon service instead). > > On the "World" (8830), if you have a bluetooth GPS receiver, then BB Maps > will use that. > > For the Curve (8330), using GPS with bluetooth GPS receivers does not seem > to be an option. So far, I've not been able to get it to work with Google > Maps, either. (No experience with Pearls.) > > Again, though, the two Storms we have still have the GPS enabled. > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this > e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email > and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > printout thereof. > > > Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 06/18/2009 08:36:57 AM: > >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Chyka, Robert <[email protected]> > wrote: >> > Some of our Treo 700?s are pas their prime and breaking down at our >> > place and we are looking at new smartphones. >> >> I just got a Centro a few months ago. I really wouldn't recommend >> it in general, but if you like the PalmOS platform it's an option. >> >> > We have Verizon for a carrier and was wondering which Verizon >> > smartphone everyone likes the best. >> >> We've been using BlackBerry here for ages, so that's what we're >> still using, for the most part. I can say they do work well. RIM put >> a lot of thought into the user experience, which is more than I can >> say for Win Mobile (née Win PocketPC née WinCE). Email and contacts >> are very good. Calendar is good. Wireless sync is good. RIM does >> hard keyboards very well. The Storm touchscreen, some love it, some >> hate it. The Word/Excel/PowerPoint equivalents, while not like a >> desktop, are suitable for handheld use. There are a fair number of >> third-party apps for the BlackBerry, for things like VPN, remote >> access, etc. There's a whole suite of stuff from RIM for gatewaying >> your business apps to a handheld; don't know much about it beyond that >> it exists. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
