2009/8/5 elliott-brennan <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > My wife is setting up her own business. She'll > need quite easy access to e-mail and is thinking > of getting a Blackberry (not sure of which mobile > provider yet, though we're currently with Three on > our other phones). > > I don't have and haven't used a Blackberry, so am > seeking any advice regarding syncing the thing > with my desktop (8.04) and accessing e-mail (e.g.. > by having a gmail account and then IMAP'ing that > for the Blackberry). I understand gmail has an app > for the Blackberry (and similar phones) so I'd be > interested to know of people's experiences with that.
A simple solution is for her to set her mail to automatically forward to the Blackberry's mail address. That way, the Blackberry will alert her as soon as a message comes through, and she can view it on the phone. The original message still stays in the main mail account. > Any other advice or information would be most > appreciated, including suggestions for other > devices. She wants a full keyboard like the > Blackberry, along with a reasonable screen size > when typing and for reading e-mail. Other manufacturers have Blackberry-style devices now (with a keyboard). Take a look around and you might find another that suits her needs better. I've seen some companies standardising on the Nokia E Series or even the iPhone. But if you really want something nice (although I'm horribly biased), there are the Android-based phones. -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
