mdrejhon 8 #51 April 15, 2010 QuoteBlackberry's are SO 2008. iPhone is now the dominate smart phone.Corrected it for you as an insider, based on currently recently released devices. (i.e. 3D OpenGL graphics have now arrived on BlackBerry for example, did you know?) I program mobile devices for a living. BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone, you name it. I have both a recent BlackBerry and iPod Touch. They both have different advantages. Apple's App Store is amazing, but not the end all to end all. There are enough separate advantages for both devices to coexist. I type 75 words per minute on a BlackBerry thumb keyboard, something I cannot do with the iPhone. I do want more 3D OpenGL videogames to become available soon though. BlackBerry only got its first hardware-3D videogame recently (Need For Speed Underground on Storm2), and newer BlackBerries will implement many more iPhone-like features, but they definitely lag. They are NOT that behind as 2005, but they do need to catch up. RIM is continually in danger, however, of falling behind. Give BlackBerry credit -- they've had built-in multitasking since the first units in 2001. I can MSN, AIM, ICQ, at the same time as loading a webpage, while having an Idokorro MobileSSH/Telnet and a Mobile Remote Desktop session open simultaneously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #52 April 15, 2010 <<< Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FreeflyChile 0 #53 April 15, 2010 QuoteQuoteI dont have a phone. Let me tell ya, pretty liberating. I don't know how you, or anyone for that matter can do that these days. I don't go crazy without my phone for a day or something, but definitely don't like not having my blackberry on me at all times. Most people probably secretly laugh at me for always having a bluetooth earpiece on too... Hey, I walk with crutches - you try picking up a phone while having to hold them... Agreed - other than perhaps for work-related stuff, it's not critical for me to have a phone all the time, but not having it for the last day or so until it got fixed did feel very strange. Hell, even having the loaner crap phone for 2 days before the HD2 came into the store (they had to get a new shipment) felt strange because I couldn't check my email on it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #54 April 15, 2010 Quote<<<Totally understand -- some people don't want smartphones. BTW, some people purchase BlackBerry with EMAIL TURNED OFF -- (no paid data) -- and use them purely as phones and SMS texting devices. Many kids in high school seem to be doing that, to out-text their classmates. And pay only a few bucks a month of pay-as-you-go, or cheap $15 subscriptions... Apple and RIM are selling roughly similiar amounts of units per month, for different target audiences. They are both great devices. Personally, I wish I could combine the advantages of a BlackBerry with the advantages of an iPhone. They are both slowly converging in each other's territories, though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyrider 0 #55 April 15, 2010 Quote Quote Totally understand -- some people don't want smartphones. BTW, some people purchase BlackBerry with EMAIL TURNED OFF -- (no paid data) -- and use them purely as phones and SMS texting devices. Many kids in high school seem to be doing that, to out-text their classmates. And pay only a few bucks a month of pay-as-you-go, or cheap $15 subscriptions... My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mdrejhon 8 #56 April 15, 2010 Quote My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) I bet your wife is using a boring corporate BlackBerry Curve. They are pretty crappy BlackBerries, I agree with quade here -- Curve's are SO 2005. But newer BlackBerries are more 'so 2008'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyrider 0 #57 April 15, 2010 Quote Quote My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) I bet your wife is using a boring corporate BlackBerry Curve. They are pretty crappy BlackBerries, I agree with quade here -- Curve's are SO 2005. But newer BlackBerries are more 'so 2008'. She is the "Director of Emergency Transport and Critical Care at Childrens Hospital", so she has ALL kinds of shit on it,,,,,YEP the biker landed a smart woman, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 3 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
FreeflyChile 0 #53 April 15, 2010 QuoteQuoteI dont have a phone. Let me tell ya, pretty liberating. I don't know how you, or anyone for that matter can do that these days. I don't go crazy without my phone for a day or something, but definitely don't like not having my blackberry on me at all times. Most people probably secretly laugh at me for always having a bluetooth earpiece on too... Hey, I walk with crutches - you try picking up a phone while having to hold them... Agreed - other than perhaps for work-related stuff, it's not critical for me to have a phone all the time, but not having it for the last day or so until it got fixed did feel very strange. Hell, even having the loaner crap phone for 2 days before the HD2 came into the store (they had to get a new shipment) felt strange because I couldn't check my email on it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #54 April 15, 2010 Quote<<<Totally understand -- some people don't want smartphones. BTW, some people purchase BlackBerry with EMAIL TURNED OFF -- (no paid data) -- and use them purely as phones and SMS texting devices. Many kids in high school seem to be doing that, to out-text their classmates. And pay only a few bucks a month of pay-as-you-go, or cheap $15 subscriptions... Apple and RIM are selling roughly similiar amounts of units per month, for different target audiences. They are both great devices. Personally, I wish I could combine the advantages of a BlackBerry with the advantages of an iPhone. They are both slowly converging in each other's territories, though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #55 April 15, 2010 Quote Quote Totally understand -- some people don't want smartphones. BTW, some people purchase BlackBerry with EMAIL TURNED OFF -- (no paid data) -- and use them purely as phones and SMS texting devices. Many kids in high school seem to be doing that, to out-text their classmates. And pay only a few bucks a month of pay-as-you-go, or cheap $15 subscriptions... My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrejhon 8 #56 April 15, 2010 Quote My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) I bet your wife is using a boring corporate BlackBerry Curve. They are pretty crappy BlackBerries, I agree with quade here -- Curve's are SO 2005. But newer BlackBerries are more 'so 2008'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #57 April 15, 2010 Quote Quote My wife has a Blackbeery, I hate the damn thing, (Old redneck, but at least I do have a cell phone!) I bet your wife is using a boring corporate BlackBerry Curve. They are pretty crappy BlackBerries, I agree with quade here -- Curve's are SO 2005. But newer BlackBerries are more 'so 2008'. She is the "Director of Emergency Transport and Critical Care at Childrens Hospital", so she has ALL kinds of shit on it,,,,,YEP the biker landed a smart woman, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
