Blackberry Curve?

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nitwhit3286

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Thought I might need a good and exciting change in my life, and the first of many are a new cell phone. I am looking at extending out my contract with good ole AT&T and was wondering if the blackberry is something I would want.....says with built-in GPS? And music too... hmmmmm anyways I would like some input!
 
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MMDad

Lem Putt
If you're just looking for GPS and music, the Crackberry is overkill. My Motorola RAZR has both, and I got it for free.
 
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nitwhit3286

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If you're just looking for GPS and music, the Crackberry is overkill. My Motorola RAZR has both, and I got it for free.



I got the RAZR when it first came out...and boy does it suck as a phone! The buttons barely work because of how much I have pushed each key to text.....its rather sad actually.
 

jwwb2000

pretty black roses
Read reviews on the Curve. I've seen where it will delete messages and other items without you knowing.

If you are looking for a phone with the MP3, sony ericsson w580i isn't a bad phone.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
I got the RAZR when it first came out...and boy does it suck as a phone! The buttons barely work because of how much I have pushed each key to text.....its rather sad actually.

Sounds more like it sucks as a texting device, not as a phone. It works great as a phone.

If you are looking for something that lets you do a lot of texting, the crackberry would probably be a good choice for you.
 
Not sure of where you work but check with your IT department and see if they run a Crackberry Server or GoodLink Server - these servers can send your e-mail to your phone - that is if you care or not...
 
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nitwhit3286

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thank you all for the advice.. I will definitely be looking into it. :)
 
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nitwhit3286

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karma giver... I have had the phone for way over a year.....the buttons are sick of being pushed...it is a crap phone, I'm sorry if my comment made you sad....you should go and get an happy meal.....reference my av.
 

MrX

High Octane
Not sure of where you work but check with your IT department and see if they run a Crackberry Server or GoodLink Server - these servers can send your e-mail to your phone - that is if you care or not...

RIM actually runs their own servers too...for BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) which will give you a username@carrier.blackberry.net email addy as well as the capability to configure the phone for most internet based email accounts.

Most corporate IT departments dont like to put a personal device on the corp BES....at least the ones i know of.
 
Not sure of where you work but check with your IT department and see if they run a Crackberry Server or GoodLink Server - these servers can send your e-mail to your phone - that is if you care or not...

I tripped over this by accident... I configured a BB 8830 for a customer, but she hadn't been added to the corporate BES servers yet. If you have the BlackBerry desktop manager installed, you can run the Redirector. As long as your PC is up and running with the Redirector process running, it will forward your email to the BB. Not entirely sure if there was some corporate magic there or just the BB software talking to the BIS servers directly.
 
I tripped over this by accident... I configured a BB 8830 for a customer, but she hadn't been added to the corporate BES servers yet. If you have the BlackBerry desktop manager installed, you can run the Redirector. As long as your PC is up and running with the Redirector process running, it will forward your email to the BB. Not entirely sure if there was some corporate magic there or just the BB software talking to the BIS servers directly.

THe BB desktop hooks into Outlook (if I remember right) and just forwards the e-mail out via port 443 to their server to inject into the air (trasfer to BIS server). Your computer has to be on and Outlook must be actively pop'ing or IMAP'ing pulling its e-mail into the Outlook client for it to work.

BB Server is a standalone app running on a server that actually monitors the users Exchange Server mailbox store. Once it detects a new e-mail in Exchange it forwards it (in parallel with Exchange/Outlook) via port 443 to their server to inject into the air (bis server). Thus the BB server is independent of your local workstation.
 

smilin

BOXER NATION
Done the Sony Ericsson, great phone, but I needed something easier to use for biz.
Picked up the Blackberry curve last year. It is the best cell phone I've had. I use my phone primarily for biz. It is very intuitive. The controls are where you expect them. The camera is better than my digital one. It synchronizes itself with (Outlook on) my laptop with no problem. The issue with the emails is interesting. I just noticed that last week, I thought it deleted the same messages as the ones I've deleted on my laptop. I'll have to start saving important ones until I figure that out.
The key pad is the reason I changed over from the Sony, this one is much easier to use and you can customize all the buttons on the phone for different functions.
The only real problem I have is downloading music, which is more annoying than important.
A good overall phone, I would recommend it.
 
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