Okay, I've been using Windows Mobile devices and prior to that, Palm devices, for years. My first PDA was the Palm Pilot Pro and my first WM device was the H1910. So I expected somewhat of a culture shock with the Blackberry Curve. It hasn't happened and I'm very comfortable and happy with the device. I just wanted to share a few quick initial impressions.
I find that the BB OS is more like Palm than Windows Mobile in its simplicity and speed. This thing is so much faster than my Wing and I haven't had any memory issues with it whatsoever. Now realise that I don't have nearly the quantity of apps on it either. Windows Mobile for me really has been pretty much a computer in my pocket and the apps I always have loaded on my WM devices reflect this. The major emphasis of the Blackberry is communications and there it excels.
The first and biggest thing that impresses me about the Curve (technically Blackberry 8320) is the screen. It has the same resolution as most WM devices at 320x240 so that's not a big deal. But the screen can be read inside and out, even in the brightest sunlight! I've never had a WM device that I could read outside in bright sun. This is a major plus for the Blackberry. It also has a light sensor that adjusts the screen to lighting conditions and it works very well.
The keyboard is also a big winner. I can type quite quickly (remember, it is a thumb board, so no 100+ WPM on this puppy) and much quicker than I could on the Wing's keyboard. In fact, after a week of use, I can easily see me approaching and even exceeding the speed of FITALY on my WM devices. I do wish the keys were a bit softer though. I can see where folks get "Blackberry thumb" from typing on those hard plastic keys. I've never used a Treo so can't compare the BB keyboard to the Treo keyboard, but I'd have to suspect they are similar.
Push email is the bomb! I get mail on my BB before it even appears in my Mail application on my Mac. In fact, I'm using the BB for almost all my email needs and rarely open Apple Mail on my computer anymore. (Obviously, I did for this email because of its length). The BB will place messages deleted from it in the deleted mail of my desktop app if I tell it to and the same for sent messages. Really nice. The only downside to the BB mail is that it doesn't work with IMAP folders at all (I imagine this is a limitation of the Blackberry Internet Service) so I can't access my folders in my dot Mac (oh, sorry it's Mobile Me now) account. But this is really a minor shortcoming since I almost never have a need to refer back to old emails. And if I want to, I can just keep all my incoming emails in the Inbox of my BB. With my Wing, I had to poll email to get it, which is not true push. Having true push of a non-Exchange email account really is wonderful - I never realised how useful it would be.
The Blackberry browser, at least with OS 4.5 (which I installed the day I got my Curve) is at least as good as PIE, but Opera Mini on the Blackberry is fantastic. I had Opera Mobile on my Wing and I found it slow and almost useless, mainly because I had to install it on the micro SD card and it really was dog slow. I didn't have the memory to put it in RAM and nothing I did could free up enough. So transferred my Opera license from my Wing to the HX-2415, where I could load it in RAM and run at a decent speed. Opera Mini on the BB though runs fantastically and I'm quite impressed with it. I just wish there was a way to make it the default browser.
Multimedia is no better or worse than on the Wing (well, except for the fact that the BB comes with a regular 3.5 mm headphone jack so I can use my high end phones with it. What genius at HTC came up with that stupid USB earphone connection?) I don't bother using the Roxio converter for multimedia. I just copy my music, videos and photos directly to the device using the mass media mode when connected to the Desktop Manager. I do convert video using VisualHub on my Mac first to a BB friendly mp4 format. But overall, multimedia is a draw.
I love the fact that I can switch to speaker phone on a call just by pressing a button on the keyboard. It frustrated me to no end on the Wing having to go through a menu to accomplish this, especially while on a call. Also, the speaker on the Wing is LOUD and clear. Infinitely better than the Wing speaker that is anemic by comparison. I can actually listen to music without earphones at a decent level and it even enough has bass to notice when a song has bass. It's not an audiophile experience by any means, but it's not bad. Through earphones, it's just as good as my iPods.
I thought I would miss the touch screen and soft keys on my Wing, but truly the Blackberry scroll button works wonderfully and I have no complaints about it.
There are many programs that I have on my Wing and HX-2415 that have absolutely no equivalent on the BB, or if they do, they are too expensive. I've only purchased one 3rd party program for the BB (Olive Tree's Bible program). PI is available but it's definitely in the infant stages and from my perspective, not a whole lot better than the native Blackberry PIM, so I'll just stick to the native PIM for now. It's probably as good as the native PIM on the Palm so I'm not complaining.
The bottom line is that the Blackberry is a marvelous communications device and an adequate PDA (primarily due to lack of 3rd party apps that I would want). So I am using my Wing as a PDA only (since it has no SIM card now, I put it in flight mode) and have re-retired my HX-2415. With Windows Mobile, the soft keys really make a big difference in using the device and since the HX-2415 is WM2003SE, it doesn't have soft keys and I miss them.
The T-Mobile version of the Curve has a feature called UMA which allows transitioning voice calls from WiFi to the GSM network and vice versa. But you have to subscribe to the $10/month Hotspot@Home to use it and I don't actually use my cell phone for voice calls enough to merit the expense. But it is an option and I hear it works pretty well.
Overall, I don't regret my purchase of the Curve and it's a keeper. With the OS update to 4.5, the Curve now does HTML email and includes Documents-to-Go to read and edit attachments (put you can't create files with the standard version - you have to shell out $69 to create files, spell check and some other stuff. Too rich for my blood - the standard version serves my needs just fine). But in addressing these two issues, RIM changed my mind about using a Blackberry. (I had bought one while in Texas and returned it the next day because of the lack of these two features).
That was a very interesting review. I was particularly interested in the ability to use the phone in WiFi or GSM mode. So I could callyour cell, and if you were home or at a hot spot somewhere and wanted to, you could receive the call via WiFi rather than cellular?
That might be an answer to a major issue I have. I just get terrible cell phone reception in my home/office because of the geography where we are. Back in 2000-2005 I was using my cell as my only phone. I gave everyone my cell number, and they could reach me wherever I was (admittedly thaat was more of an issue then because I was moving constnatly from home to office to my aunt's apartment). Then when we moved up here I had to give that up.
My one issue is T-mobile just does not have the coverage nationally or even regionally that the other three major carriers do. But I might look into this, not as a replacement PDA (I have too many apps that I need to function that are not available on BB) but as an advanced communications device.
You mentioned that music quality compares to what you get on your iPods. Can you carry your music on memory cards, or are you limited to what you can fit into memory at any time? And how much memory do you have?
Also, what email systems can you use on it? I would want Gmail and Yahoo mail. Of course if necessary I could set them both to forward to a third BB mailbox, but that could get awkward.
Also, I don't suppose it is possible to access apps on your computer at home via the BB? What about Internte apps like Google calendar, Picassa, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn?
Sorry for so many questions. But this does interest me as a possibility. We are on monthly extensions on our Sprint account right now and could be convinced to switch to another carrier with the right deal.
Bert
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Donald Stidwell <donald.stidw...@mac.com>wrote:
> Okay, I've been using Windows Mobile devices and prior to that, Palm > devices, for years. My first PDA was the Palm Pilot Pro and my first > WM device was the H1910. So I expected somewhat of a culture shock > with the Blackberry Curve. It hasn't happened and I'm very comfortable > and happy with the device. I just wanted to share a few quick initial > impressions.
> I find that the BB OS is more like Palm than Windows Mobile in its > simplicity and speed. This thing is so much faster than my Wing and I > haven't had any memory issues with it whatsoever. Now realise that I > don't have nearly the quantity of apps on it either. Windows Mobile > for me really has been pretty much a computer in my pocket and the > apps I always have loaded on my WM devices reflect this. The major > emphasis of the Blackberry is communications and there it excels.
> The first and biggest thing that impresses me about the Curve > (technically Blackberry 8320) is the screen. It has the same > resolution as most WM devices at 320x240 so that's not a big deal. But > the screen can be read inside and out, even in the brightest sunlight! > I've never had a WM device that I could read outside in bright sun. > This is a major plus for the Blackberry. It also has a light sensor > that adjusts the screen to lighting conditions and it works very well.
> The keyboard is also a big winner. I can type quite quickly (remember, > it is a thumb board, so no 100+ WPM on this puppy) and much quicker > than I could on the Wing's keyboard. In fact, after a week of use, I > can easily see me approaching and even exceeding the speed of FITALY > on my WM devices. I do wish the keys were a bit softer though. I can > see where folks get "Blackberry thumb" from typing on those hard > plastic keys. I've never used a Treo so can't compare the BB keyboard > to the Treo keyboard, but I'd have to suspect they are similar.
> Push email is the bomb! I get mail on my BB before it even appears in > my Mail application on my Mac. In fact, I'm using the BB for almost > all my email needs and rarely open Apple Mail on my computer anymore. > (Obviously, I did for this email because of its length). The BB will > place messages deleted from it in the deleted mail of my desktop app > if I tell it to and the same for sent messages. Really nice. The only > downside to the BB mail is that it doesn't work with IMAP folders at > all (I imagine this is a limitation of the Blackberry Internet > Service) so I can't access my folders in my dot Mac (oh, sorry it's > Mobile Me now) account. But this is really a minor shortcoming since I > almost never have a need to refer back to old emails. And if I want > to, I can just keep all my incoming emails in the Inbox of my BB. With > my Wing, I had to poll email to get it, which is not true push. Having > true push of a non-Exchange email account really is wonderful - I > never realised how useful it would be.
> The Blackberry browser, at least with OS 4.5 (which I installed the > day I got my Curve) is at least as good as PIE, but Opera Mini on the > Blackberry is fantastic. I had Opera Mobile on my Wing and I found it > slow and almost useless, mainly because I had to install it on the > micro SD card and it really was dog slow. I didn't have the memory to > put it in RAM and nothing I did could free up enough. So transferred > my Opera license from my Wing to the HX-2415, where I could load it in > RAM and run at a decent speed. Opera Mini on the BB though runs > fantastically and I'm quite impressed with it. I just wish there was a > way to make it the default browser.
> Multimedia is no better or worse than on the Wing (well, except for > the fact that the BB comes with a regular 3.5 mm headphone jack so I > can use my high end phones with it. What genius at HTC came up with > that stupid USB earphone connection?) I don't bother using the Roxio > converter for multimedia. I just copy my music, videos and photos > directly to the device using the mass media mode when connected to the > Desktop Manager. I do convert video using VisualHub on my Mac first to > a BB friendly mp4 format. But overall, multimedia is a draw.
> I love the fact that I can switch to speaker phone on a call just by > pressing a button on the keyboard. It frustrated me to no end on the > Wing having to go through a menu to accomplish this, especially while > on a call. Also, the speaker on the Wing is LOUD and clear. Infinitely > better than the Wing speaker that is anemic by comparison. I can > actually listen to music without earphones at a decent level and it > even enough has bass to notice when a song has bass. It's not an > audiophile experience by any means, but it's not bad. Through > earphones, it's just as good as my iPods.
> I thought I would miss the touch screen and soft keys on my Wing, but > truly the Blackberry scroll button works wonderfully and I have no > complaints about it.
> There are many programs that I have on my Wing and HX-2415 that have > absolutely no equivalent on the BB, or if they do, they are too > expensive. I've only purchased one 3rd party program for the BB (Olive > Tree's Bible program). PI is available but it's definitely in the > infant stages and from my perspective, not a whole lot better than the > native Blackberry PIM, so I'll just stick to the native PIM for now. > It's probably as good as the native PIM on the Palm so I'm not > complaining.
> The bottom line is that the Blackberry is a marvelous communications > device and an adequate PDA (primarily due to lack of 3rd party apps > that I would want). So I am using my Wing as a PDA only (since it has > no SIM card now, I put it in flight mode) and have re-retired my > HX-2415. With Windows Mobile, the soft keys really make a big > difference in using the device and since the HX-2415 is WM2003SE, it > doesn't have soft keys and I miss them.
> The T-Mobile version of the Curve has a feature called UMA which > allows transitioning voice calls from WiFi to the GSM network and vice > versa. But you have to subscribe to the $10/month Hotspot@Home to use > it and I don't actually use my cell phone for voice calls enough to > merit the expense. But it is an option and I hear it works pretty well.
> Overall, I don't regret my purchase of the Curve and it's a keeper. > With the OS update to 4.5, the Curve now does HTML email and includes > Documents-to-Go to read and edit attachments (put you can't create > files with the standard version - you have to shell out $69 to create > files, spell check and some other stuff. Too rich for my blood - the > standard version serves my needs just fine). But in addressing these > two issues, RIM changed my mind about using a Blackberry. (I had > bought one while in Texas and returned it the next day because of the > lack of these two features).
> That was a very interesting review. I was particularly interested in > the ability to use the phone in WiFi or GSM mode. So I could > callyour cell, and if you were home or at a hot spot somewhere and > wanted to, you could receive the call via WiFi rather than cellular?
Bert, I don't have the personal experience, but based on what I've read, that's exactly the way that it works. Calls received or originated while on a WiFi network are NOT counted against your cell call minutes, even if you move out of WiFi coverage and transition to GSM. However, calls started on GSM will count against your minutes even if you transition back to WiFi coverage.
I've read varying reports on the efficiency of the handoff between WiFi and GSM but it seems to work most of the time as designed. Be aware also that you don't have to get the Curve to have this feature. T-Mobile has other phones (even cheap feature phones) that can use this feature and they also offer an optimised router (free after $50 rebate) that is said to work perfectly with the service.
> That might be an answer to a major issue I have. I just get terrible > cell phone reception in my home/office because of the geography > where we are. Back in 2000-2005 I was using my cell as my only > phone. I gave everyone my cell number, and they could reach me > wherever I was (admittedly thaat was more of an issue then because I > was moving constnatly from home to office to my aunt's apartment). > Then when we moved up here I had to give that up. > My one issue is T-mobile just does not have the coverage nationally > or even regionally that the other three major carriers do. But I > might look into this, not as a replacement PDA (I have too many apps > that I need to function that are not available on BB) but as an > advanced communications device.
So it would seem to be a solution for you. Now, I know that T-Mobile coverage can be spotty but in most areas that I have trouble with coverage, it just roams onto another network (no roaming charges). There are spots in the mountains of western Virginia and even West Virginia were I basically have no coverage at all. However, for the vast majority of places I travel, T-Mobile coverage is sufficient. Regarding apps, I agree, which is why I haven't but my Wing to bed. I have to have Pocket Bible and PhatNotes (I also use Evernote on my Curve, but it's nowhere near as good and complete as PhatNotes). I have several other apps that while not must have are "really nice to have" that are not available for the Blackberry.
> You mentioned that music quality compares to what you get on your > iPods. Can you carry your music on memory cards, or are you limited > to what you can fit into memory at any time? And how much memory do > you have?
Oh, definitely on memory cards. Version 4.5 can address up to 16 GB cards. I only have a 4 GB in mine since this isn't my primary device for music (my iPod is) but 4 GB gives me enough to carry a few albums if I want to use the Curve to listen to music.
> Also, what email systems can you use on it? I would want Gmail and > Yahoo mail. Of course if necessary I could set them both to forward > to a third BB mailbox, but that could get awkward.
No problem with either of these accounts. And you don't need to set up forwarding. When you set up your email accounts on the Blackberry, it takes care of that for you. GMail does have a client for the Blackberry put it doesn't offer the push of the Blackberry BIS and from what I've read, most folks seem to prefer the BIS to the GMail client.
Since I have all my email forwarded to my Mobile Me account I only have to check one mailbox, put you can set up to 10 email accounts with the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS).
> Also, I don't suppose it is possible to access apps on your computer > at home via the BB? What about Internte apps like Google calendar, > Picassa, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn?
Don't know about the 1st question. Not something I'd ever want to do and haven't investigated. On the second, yes - I know there's a Facebook client (heck the icon is preloaded on the Curve) and I'm sure there are clients for the other named apps. Or just use the web apps. For example, Evernote doesn't have a Blackberry client, but the web interface for mobile devices works just fine.
> Sorry for so many questions. But this does interest me as a > possibility. We are on monthly extensions on our Sprint account > right now and could be convinced to switch to another carrier with > the right deal.
Thanks. Tmobile sounds like a very interesting option. I am not excited about thumbboards, but I understand that BB either has recently announced a touchscreen device or is about to. Oh, one other question -- does your BB device have Bluetooth, and if so can it support a bluetooth keyboard? I have one of those great Igo Bluetooth keyboards, and if I could use that with the device to do email on the road it would be very nice.
Bert
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Donald Stidwell <donald.stidw...@mac.com>wrote:
> > That was a very interesting review. I was particularly interested in > > the ability to use the phone in WiFi or GSM mode. So I could > > callyour cell, and if you were home or at a hot spot somewhere and > > wanted to, you could receive the call via WiFi rather than cellular?
> Bert, I don't have the personal experience, but based on what I've > read, that's exactly the way that it works. Calls received or > originated while on a WiFi network are NOT counted against your cell > call minutes, even if you move out of WiFi coverage and transition to > GSM. However, calls started on GSM will count against your minutes > even if you transition back to WiFi coverage.
> I've read varying reports on the efficiency of the handoff between > WiFi and GSM but it seems to work most of the time as designed. Be > aware also that you don't have to get the Curve to have this feature. > T-Mobile has other phones (even cheap feature phones) that can use > this feature and they also offer an optimised router (free after $50 > rebate) that is said to work perfectly with the service.
> > That might be an answer to a major issue I have. I just get terrible > > cell phone reception in my home/office because of the geography > > where we are. Back in 2000-2005 I was using my cell as my only > > phone. I gave everyone my cell number, and they could reach me > > wherever I was (admittedly thaat was more of an issue then because I > > was moving constnatly from home to office to my aunt's apartment). > > Then when we moved up here I had to give that up.
> > My one issue is T-mobile just does not have the coverage nationally > > or even regionally that the other three major carriers do. But I > > might look into this, not as a replacement PDA (I have too many apps > > that I need to function that are not available on BB) but as an > > advanced communications device.
> So it would seem to be a solution for you. Now, I know that T-Mobile > coverage can be spotty but in most areas that I have trouble with > coverage, it just roams onto another network (no roaming charges). > There are spots in the mountains of western Virginia and even West > Virginia were I basically have no coverage at all. However, for the > vast majority of places I travel, T-Mobile coverage is sufficient. > Regarding apps, I agree, which is why I haven't but my Wing to bed. I > have to have Pocket Bible and PhatNotes (I also use Evernote on my > Curve, but it's nowhere near as good and complete as PhatNotes). I > have several other apps that while not must have are "really nice to > have" that are not available for the Blackberry.
> > You mentioned that music quality compares to what you get on your > > iPods. Can you carry your music on memory cards, or are you limited > > to what you can fit into memory at any time? And how much memory do > > you have?
> Oh, definitely on memory cards. Version 4.5 can address up to 16 GB > cards. I only have a 4 GB in mine since this isn't my primary device > for music (my iPod is) but 4 GB gives me enough to carry a few albums > if I want to use the Curve to listen to music.
> > Also, what email systems can you use on it? I would want Gmail and > > Yahoo mail. Of course if necessary I could set them both to forward > > to a third BB mailbox, but that could get awkward.
> No problem with either of these accounts. And you don't need to set up > forwarding. When you set up your email accounts on the Blackberry, it > takes care of that for you. GMail does have a client for the > Blackberry put it doesn't offer the push of the Blackberry BIS and > from what I've read, most folks seem to prefer the BIS to the GMail > client.
> Since I have all my email forwarded to my Mobile Me account I only > have to check one mailbox, put you can set up to 10 email accounts > with the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS).
> > Also, I don't suppose it is possible to access apps on your computer > > at home via the BB? What about Internte apps like Google calendar, > > Picassa, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn?
> Don't know about the 1st question. Not something I'd ever want to do > and haven't investigated. On the second, yes - I know there's a > Facebook client (heck the icon is preloaded on the Curve) and I'm sure > there are clients for the other named apps. Or just use the web apps. > For example, Evernote doesn't have a Blackberry client, but the web > interface for mobile devices works just fine.
> > Sorry for so many questions. But this does interest me as a > > possibility. We are on monthly extensions on our Sprint account > > right now and could be convinced to switch to another carrier with > > the right deal.
Bert, yes it has bluetooth and I use it with my Plantonics earpiece. I don't have a BT keyboard and really don't know if one can be used. I'd suggest just Googling for the answer.
The Storm is the upcoming iPhone clone from RIM and it looks very interesting. T-Mobile isn't scheduled to carry it, at least not in the near future. Google it - there are some very interesting videos showing it in use floating around the web.
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:35:37 To: <woyp@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
Don,
Thanks. Tmobile sounds like a very interesting option. I am not excited
about thumbboards, but I understand that BB either has recently announced a
touchscreen device or is about to. Oh, one other question -- does your BB
device have Bluetooth, and if so can it support a bluetooth keyboard? I have
one of those great Igo Bluetooth keyboards, and if I could use that with the
device to do email on the road it would be very nice.
Bert
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Donald Stidwell <donald.stidw...@mac.com>wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 17:13 , Bert Latamore wrote:
> > Don,
> > That was a very interesting review. I was particularly interested in
> > the ability to use the phone in WiFi or GSM mode. So I could
> > callyour cell, and if you were home or at a hot spot somewhere and
> > wanted to, you could receive the call via WiFi rather than cellular?
> Bert, I don't have the personal experience, but based on what I've
> read, that's exactly the way that it works. Calls received or
> originated while on a WiFi network are NOT counted against your cell
> call minutes, even if you move out of WiFi coverage and transition to
> GSM. However, calls started on GSM will count against your minutes
> even if you transition back to WiFi coverage.
> I've read varying reports on the efficiency of the handoff between
> WiFi and GSM but it seems to work most of the time as designed. Be
> aware also that you don't have to get the Curve to have this feature.
> T-Mobile has other phones (even cheap feature phones) that can use
> this feature and they also offer an optimised router (free after $50
> rebate) that is said to work perfectly with the service.
> > That might be an answer to a major issue I have. I just get terrible
> > cell phone reception in my home/office because of the geography
> > where we are. Back in 2000-2005 I was using my cell as my only
> > phone. I gave everyone my cell number, and they could reach me
> > wherever I was (admittedly thaat was more of an issue then because I
> > was moving constnatly from home to office to my aunt's apartment).
> > Then when we moved up here I had to give that up.
> > My one issue is T-mobile just does not have the coverage nationally
> > or even regionally that the other three major carriers do. But I
> > might look into this, not as a replacement PDA (I have too many apps
> > that I need to function that are not available on BB) but as an
> > advanced communications device.
> So it would seem to be a solution for you. Now, I know that T-Mobile
> coverage can be spotty but in most areas that I have trouble with
> coverage, it just roams onto another network (no roaming charges).
> There are spots in the mountains of western Virginia and even West
> Virginia were I basically have no coverage at all. However, for the
> vast majority of places I travel, T-Mobile coverage is sufficient.
> Regarding apps, I agree, which is why I haven't but my Wing to bed. I
> have to have Pocket Bible and PhatNotes (I also use Evernote on my
> Curve, but it's nowhere near as good and complete as PhatNotes). I
> have several other apps that while not must have are "really nice to
> have" that are not available for the Blackberry.
> > You mentioned that music quality compares to what you get on your
> > iPods. Can you carry your music on memory cards, or are you limited
> > to what you can fit into memory at any time? And how much memory do
> > you have?
> Oh, definitely on memory cards. Version 4.5 can address up to 16 GB
> cards. I only have a 4 GB in mine since this isn't my primary device
> for music (my iPod is) but 4 GB gives me enough to carry a few albums
> if I want to use the Curve to listen to music.
> > Also, what email systems can you use on it? I would want Gmail and
> > Yahoo mail. Of course if necessary I could set them both to forward
> > to a third BB mailbox, but that could get awkward.
> No problem with either of these accounts. And you don't need to set up
> forwarding. When you set up your email accounts on the Blackberry, it
> takes care of that for you. GMail does have a client for the
> Blackberry put it doesn't offer the push of the Blackberry BIS and
> from what I've read, most folks seem to prefer the BIS to the GMail
> client.
> Since I have all my email forwarded to my Mobile Me account I only
> have to check one mailbox, put you can set up to 10 email accounts
> with the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS).
> > Also, I don't suppose it is possible to access apps on your computer
> > at home via the BB? What about Internte apps like Google calendar,
> > Picassa, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn?
> Don't know about the 1st question. Not something I'd ever want to do
> and haven't investigated. On the second, yes - I know there's a
> Facebook client (heck the icon is preloaded on the Curve) and I'm sure
> there are clients for the other named apps. Or just use the web apps.
> For example, Evernote doesn't have a Blackberry client, but the web
> interface for mobile devices works just fine.
> > Sorry for so many questions. But this does interest me as a
> > possibility. We are on monthly extensions on our Sprint account
> > right now and could be convinced to switch to another carrier with
> > the right deal.
----- Original Message ----- From: Donald E. Stidwell To: W...@Googlegroups.Com Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
Robin, didn't you have a Blackberry once? I thought you had one a couple of years ago or so...
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From: Robin Taylor <robin...@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:34:21 -0500
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Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
There's a newer model Curve (code name Javelin) coming to T-Mobile in January. Then there is the Bold - basically the Curve on steroids with a VGA Screen but it doesn't seem that T-Mobile is going to carry it. And the Storm... Good time to be looking at a Blackberry.
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From: Robin Taylor <robin...@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:51:31 To: <woyp@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
Yes, Don. I did. It was one of their earlier models, and I pulled it out of the drawer for quick comparative purposes. I would love a Curve. YOWZA!
Robin
----- Original Message ----- From: Donald E. Stidwell To: W...@Googlegroups.Com Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
Robin, didn't you have a Blackberry once? I thought you had one a couple of years ago or so...
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From: Robin Taylor <robin...@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:34:21 -0500
To: <woyp@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [woyp] Re: Quick Impressions of my BB Curve
