For the past five years, I’ve been a die-hard Blackberry user but now that I’m no longer within the corporate world, I’m wondering whether there are better options out there.
The first issue is whether I actually need a Blackberry or, for that matter, a smartphone that provides access to mobile e-mail and, if needed, the Web. How much time do you have to spend away from your desk to justify having a smartphone, particularly when someone else isn’t picking up the tab? If you’re only out and about a couple hours a day, is there enough of an ROI?
And if you do concede that having a smartphone is a necessarily evil, how much data do you need to handle the basics such as e-mail. I’ve heard of people who purchased 6GB data plans from Rogers, only to discover they’re using less than 1GB.
Finally, do you go Blackberry or iPhone or Nokia or Samsung? The Blackberry is a work-horse – durable, dependable, drop-able – and the Blackberry Storm looks pretty impressive even if the NYT’s David Pogue dissed it. The iPhone is sleek and sexy but the keyboard is wanting. Some people swear by the Samsung Blackjack, while Nokia is getting raves for some of its new smart phones.
It used to be that picking a wireless voice package was difficult but the processing deciding what smartphone to use is complicated and time-consuming.
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To iPhone or Not to iPhone?
For the past five years, I’ve been a die-hard Blackberry user but now that I’m no longer within the corporate world, I’m wondering whether there are better options out there.
The first issue is whether I actually need a Blackberry or, for that matter, a smartphone that provides access to mobile e-mail and, if needed, the Web. How much time do you have to spend away from your desk to justify having a smartphone, particularly when someone else isn’t picking up the tab? If you’re only out and about a couple hours a day, is there enough of an ROI?
And if you do concede that having a smartphone is a necessarily evil, how much data do you need to handle the basics such as e-mail. I’ve heard of people who purchased 6GB data plans from Rogers, only to discover they’re using less than 1GB.
Finally, do you go Blackberry or iPhone or Nokia or Samsung? The Blackberry is a work-horse – durable, dependable, drop-able – and the Blackberry Storm looks pretty impressive even if the NYT’s David Pogue dissed it. The iPhone is sleek and sexy but the keyboard is wanting. Some people swear by the Samsung Blackjack, while Nokia is getting raves for some of its new smart phones.
It used to be that picking a wireless voice package was difficult but the processing deciding what smartphone to use is complicated and time-consuming.
So, what do you use and why?
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