ChasingBlueSky 0 #1 October 7, 2004 www.attwireless.com/ogo This ranks up there in the "not neeeded at all" category, but it still looks cool. Plus it is a good way to check your email at work without them being able to monitor your usage. The only thing lacking on this thing is a Web browser and being able to customize the sounds and sound events. Phone integration would have been nice as well. The good part is that it will be on the new ATT/Cingular network and have great coverage compared to the TMobile Sidekick2 coverage area. I had a chance to play with one yesterday - its not bad in size and is very easy to type on. But you can tell it is geared for a younger crowd._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #2 October 7, 2004 Isn't this just a trendy blackberry? I also says 'select personal email' I wonder what the select part is.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #3 October 7, 2004 QuoteIsn't this just a trendy blackberry? I also says 'select personal email' I wonder what the select part is. To a certain extent, yes. However, you can only get POP mail on a blackberry if you have support with your exchange server. That works good on the corp level. At least that is how it was when I had a Blackberry. This thing works with AOL IM/Mail, Yahoo IM/Mail, MSN IM/Mail/Hotmail. You can also set up an inbox for a POP account. So, this is more for the everyday person._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #4 October 7, 2004 QuoteSo, this is more for the everyday person. THAT SOUNDS GREAT!!!, now you don't have to worry about the idiot in front of you driving like a retard because is talking on the cellphone...HE/SHE CAN ALSO NOW CHECK EMAIL!!!! Of course...all that while watching a dash-mounted DVD.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #5 October 7, 2004 Actually I am not sure what you mean by exchange server. We run a POP3/SMTP setup at work (no MS exchange) and have field people with Blackberrys. If you meant your may provider has to support POP3, then yeah maybe so. But yahoo, hotmail, etc all do that now anyway. The IM/Text this kinda cool. I just dont want to care a phone and another gadget. In addition to this like Ivan said, I just had a buddy crinkle the hod on his BMW from using his blackberry at a red light and inching under the aggiedave-esque hitch in front of him. Kinda cool, but i dont see why 'everyday people' are that driven to stay connected. I get tired of it.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #6 October 7, 2004 When I had a Blackberry about three years ago there was no way to get POP mail on the non-exchange version. I think it was the 950 (half-sized variant). I know they have made a lot of changes since there, so who knows. I also saw that Blackberry is introducing a new keyboard later this year/early next year. It looks more like a phone pad and will use predictive text (not T9). FYI - hotmail is going to charge you for POP access starting now for all new accounts and in April for all existing accounts._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #7 October 7, 2004 Yeah, I saw that. I HATE predictive input. Not sure if that was to get around the lawsuit or what. Last I heard they had to stop making them. Which kind of blows, because one of our products uses RIM modems, and we are trying to find a new supplier now.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clownburner 0 #8 October 7, 2004 Quote If you meant your may provider has to support POP3, then yeah maybe so. But yahoo, hotmail, etc all do that now anyway. Sort of. Hotmail doesn't, in fact they've gone out of their way to make sure you can't forward hotmail addresses automatically or check them remotely. Quote Kinda cool, but i dont see why 'everyday people' are that driven to stay connected. I get tired of it. It makes them feel important. People who actually _are_ important are the first to want to UNplug, in my experience.7CP#1 | BTR#2 | Payaso en fuego Rodriguez "I want hot chicks in my boobies!"- McBeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #9 October 7, 2004 I'm posting in the geek thread in the hopes of raising my IQ. Did it work? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #10 October 7, 2004 QuoteI'm posting in the geek thread in the hopes of raising my IQ. Did it work? Actually, i think you just dropped a point Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #11 October 7, 2004 QuoteI'm posting in the geek thread in the hopes of raising my IQ. Did it work? With a face like yours (in your avatar) you don't need no stinking I.Q __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #12 October 7, 2004 QuoteWith a face like yours (in your avatar) you don't need no stinking I.Q But ivan, i've never seen star wars... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #13 October 7, 2004 QuoteWhen I had a Blackberry about three years ago there was no way to get POP mail on the non-exchange version. I think it was the 950 (half-sized variant). I had POP on blackberry in 1998....? _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
