I am now into my 5th or 6th Blackberry model (and using AT&T as my carrier). Each BB has had improvements and features that made it worth the upgrade. My current model is the Bold, and it is a bit wider than my previous version (Curve). The keyboard is a little wider = larger keys than my previous models and easier typing. It renders web sites nicely, but still not as well as my wife's iPhone. It supports 3G, Edge and WiFi, has a nice camera and can take still photos or record audio only or audio-visual. It supports an add-in RAM module up to 64Gb(!). I am using a 32Gb card, which is more than enough for my needs.
My BB Bold runs longer on a battery than my wife's new iPhone (she has had the 2 most recent models, they chew up battery power quickly, even after upgrading to the latest firmware and setting her email updates to 30 minute intervals. But, in fairness, the iPhone is a nice unit unto itself. I have a client who got an iPhone 2 months ago, after using a BB Curve for a year or so. He immediately got a BB Bold after seeing mine, and now uses both phones. He finds keying in an email or text message much easier and faster with the BB Bold as opposed to the iPhone. Both synch to Outlook nicely. BUT... The Bold sync software requires Office XP or newer. I had to (finally) upgrade my beloved Office 2000 (Oh, by the way...) to get the Bold synch to work. I went to Office 2007, although I have XP and 2003 on hand. I wanted the additional .pst file capacity (8Gb instead of 2Gb) and the massively larger number of rows allowed in Excel - as well as native XML read/write for files where clients have moved to Office 2007 and semd me .xlsx and .docx files. Anyway, iPhone and BB Bold are both nice. I have both on hand, and for myself I prefer the BB. But you will not be disappointed with the iPhone as long as you do not mind carrying a charger with you for mid-day use <g>... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] New Phone recomendations > > I am going to retire an old Motorola handset and want to take > advantage of new technology available today. > > I am on AT&T for many years and don't see a need to change right now. > > Looking for a phone that will multi purpose with web and other apps > that I put on it. > > A lot of people swear by the blackberry, but in the stores in a test > drive I found the keys REAL SMALL. I didn't like the url I put in had > to then be searched to then present it, but maybe the people there > didn't know what they were doing. Having to use Yahoo search for > anything felt wrong. > > The iPhone felt better and at this point is my favorite but I am still > investigating. > > If iPhone would there be a reason to not pay the extra 50.00$ for the > 16 gig 3G-S instead of the 16 gig 3G? Is the better speed worth it, > and do you foresee longer upgrades from apple as they phase out the > G3? > > I want to do twitter with the new phone, GPS, maps as to where I am > at. A few games but I am not a gamer. Black Jack or Backgammon is > more my speed. Better handle on work related meetings, schedules, and > reminders for the personal life are important as well. Voice memos > for my self say as I am driving. Timers for how long things take. > > The level I am looking at all do exchange - email so that is in the mix > as well. > > If I was not on AT&T I'd be looking at the Android but I am married to > apple at this time via the carrier :( > > So any ideas for me to look at? > > Does one phone have crummy optics in the camera and I should avoid on > that alone? > > TIA > > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > SQL Server DBA > Web and Winform Development > Independent Contractor > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
