hadyn Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Im due a phone upgrade on my contract with Vodafone next week. Im seriously considering getting a Blackberry as my friends have them and cant stop telling me good things about them. My choices are: Curve 8900 (Supposed to be a good phone, but no 3G - dunno if this is a biggie or not and looks like this phone could become very common as every operator seems to be offering this phone on a poverty contract) Bold 9000 (Super phone, but issues with build quality) or Storm (Touch-screen, but no wi-fi and issues with the phone crashing once its been updated) Ive had a LG Viewty for the last 18 months and its been superb meeting all my needs. So, which crackberry would you go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Avoid the storm. Apart from that i think which everone you like the form factor of. Have a think about a Nokia E71 though, i have moved from a blackberry to the nokia and have been pretty happy. Edit: Only used the first gen storm hated it and moved on. If youngin likes it, they must have improved it since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youngin_f_l Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have a Storm, and can highly recommend it, although the lack of Wi-Fi is the only bad point on it! Camera isn't the greatest, but its great for e-mail & web browsing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I might get the Storm then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I would choose the iPhone (on a new contract with O2) as I have tried both that and blackberries. What do your friends say a Blackberry can do that is so special? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 The instant messagener thing is what does it for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Try it out first. The interface is really down to user preference, it looks great but not as slick as you could hope for. As you could be stuck with it for a while try it first in shop. The storm is the Marmite of the blackberry world. http://gdgt.com/rim/blackberry/storm/9530/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have a Storm and would recommend it - although it can be a little slow sometimes and needs a few restarts. The back and menu buttons aren't registering everytime now but think thats more of a software issue... One thing I would say is that if it is for personal use its a good phone, if its for work use to constantly rattle off emails then I would pick a Blackberry just not the Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 The instant messagener thing is what does it for them. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Bold 9000 might be the one for me: http://discuss.gdgt.com/rim/blackberry/bold/9000/tips/best-device-i039ve-ever-used/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 the screen on the bold is amazing. Don't see why it needs to be as good as it is, but is a real wow factor the first time you see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I'd have a bold over a storm. I don't like the push-to-click idea with the storm, doesn't work for me, neither does the wobbly screen that this creates. but I'd have an E55 over both, and a Palm Pre over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Blackberry Pearl if you just want a simple phone for email, It also has a native MSN/twitter client. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I would choose the iPhone (on a new contract with O2) as I have tried both that and blackberries. What do your friends say a Blackberry can do that is so special? For personal use probably not much, but for business use the iPhone can't match the email capabilities of Blackberrys. iPhone will connect to exchange but only via OWA (Hence will only get emails when it updates/syncs with OWA) whereas Blackberry's would have a dedicated server (BES) this method pushes emails to your phone as soon as they hit the mail server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SupraTroopa Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Ive got a Curve and have had no problems with it. Got all the normal blackberry malarky and as you've pointed out, everyone is offering it and you can get it on a bargain contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Blackberry Pearl if you just want a simple phone for email, It also has a native MSN/twitter client. Likewise, i manage a BES and we use 8100's only. Smart bit of kit, hardly ever crashes (mine never has). Shame the slacker application (streaming radio) is US only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I think I want the Bold for the exclusivity factor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 We're rolling out the Nokia E75 to our pushmail users at the moment, we've ditched Blackberry devices in favour of these and the hefty E90 for people who think they are really special. The E75 seems like a nice device, guess it depends on the support for pushmail you can get from your supplier though, we have our own server so that's not an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I've got an 8900 Curve for work and it's a very nice bit of kit... and it comes with Texas Hold 'Em on it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 We're rolling out the Nokia E75 to our pushmail users at the moment, we've ditched Blackberry devices in favour of these and the hefty E90 for people who think they are really special. The E75 seems like a nice device, guess it depends on the support for pushmail you can get from your supplier though, we have our own server so that's not an issue. I have an E75 here, on loan from the Vodafone shop. We've found a problem with it.. any chance you can check if yours do it? Where only 2G data coverage is available (haven't tried with 3G/UMTS), and a data connection is maintained open, e.g. Mail for Exchange is connected, voice calls do not come through. We tried two brand new E75s, with both a Voda sim and my o2 sim, same problem. My E51 doesn't exhibit this behaviour. What should happen is that the voice call comes in, and the packet data connection is put on hold (diagonal line through the data connection symbol in top left). Instead, the voice call goes to voicemail. As soon as I go to Data Conn -> Active data connections -> Disconnect, the voice calls come through again. You could probably simulate the problem by setting the handset to GSM only in Cntrl Panel -> phone -> network or whereever it is on S60 FP2. Only other reason I'm not going to have an E75 myself is the soon-to-be "previous generation" processor. The E52 and E55 have/will have the nice 600-ish MHz processor, yet the E75 still has the same one as my E51 and all the other current-generation handsets. It's likely to be the only E-series running S60 FP2 w/ the new inbuilt mail app etc, but with the slower processor. Can't understand why they did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Just waiting for a new batch to arrive but will have a look when they do, should be this week sometime. Interesting stuff though, if they all do this that's a major flaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Just waiting for a new batch to arrive but will have a look when they do, should be this week sometime. Interesting stuff though, if they all do this that's a major flaw. Thanks. Maybe it only happens when the signal is a bit low, as it was at this office. I should really test it again now at home. Nokia just suggested looking at the APN settings, but they're all there and correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 What about a Samsung Jet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathman Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have an E75 here, on loan from the Vodafone shop. We've found a problem with it.. any chance you can check if yours do it? Where only 2G data coverage is available (haven't tried with 3G/UMTS), and a data connection is maintained open, e.g. Mail for Exchange is connected, voice calls do not come through. We tried two brand new E75s, with both a Voda sim and my o2 sim, same problem. My E51 doesn't exhibit this behaviour. What should happen is that the voice call comes in, and the packet data connection is put on hold (diagonal line through the data connection symbol in top left). Instead, the voice call goes to voicemail. As soon as I go to Data Conn -> Active data connections -> Disconnect, the voice calls come through again. You could probably simulate the problem by setting the handset to GSM only in Cntrl Panel -> phone -> network or whereever it is on S60 FP2. Only other reason I'm not going to have an E75 myself is the soon-to-be "previous generation" processor. The E52 and E55 have/will have the nice 600-ish MHz processor, yet the E75 still has the same one as my E51 and all the other current-generation handsets. It's likely to be the only E-series running S60 FP2 w/ the new inbuilt mail app etc, but with the slower processor. Can't understand why they did that. I have been using an E75 for a couple of months now on Vodafone, using Mail for Exchange. I have not seen any issues with calls being blocked in favour of the data connection and I have been using all over the place in 2g and 3g coverage areas. This is our current handset of choice and have already supplied quite a few to our own customers, again with no real problems reported. The only issue that I have is the battery life. I am on it all the time as I am field based and it barely lasts the day, whereas the E61i it replaced lasted 3 days easily. Is this problem happening in just one particular area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have been using an E75 for a couple of months now on Vodafone, using Mail for Exchange. I have not seen any issues with calls being blocked in favour of the data connection and I have been using all over the place in 2g and 3g coverage areas. This is our current handset of choice and have already supplied quite a few to our own customers, again with no real problems reported. The only issue that I have is the battery life. I am on it all the time as I am field based and it barely lasts the day, whereas the E61i it replaced lasted 3 days easily. Is this problem happening in just one particular area? Not sure yet. I need to see if it happens here. It may just be a problem at that chaps office, either due to low-ish signal, or something relating to that phone and the local cell station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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