Tmobile G1 Browser vs Blackberry Bold Browser

How does the browser interface and the way it is displayed compared against the G1's Browser vs the BB Bold's Browser??

Has anyone experienced both and have any info on it?
I'm currently a BB Bold User, I don't have MUCH complaints about the browser, it does what I need it to do, but of course it doesn't look like a regular desktop browser like the IPHONE.

Curve vs Palm Pro

I just picked up my first smart phone (Curve) and after only a week I really like it. But after searching for videos and features I wonder if the new Palm Pro might not be a better match for me. Some of the things I like about my BB:

• Email works with Hotmail and Gmail
• Email pushes quickly
• Sound quality seems very good for calls
• Calendar and contacts sync with GoogleSync
• Keyboard is a nice size

The only problem is that when I look at a Win Mobile smart phone like the Palm Pro, I think it would do all those things just as well - the only unknown is the sound quality and the keyboard and that's more hardware than software or platform.

Here's what I'm not happy about with my BB:

• No to-do software to link to RTM or Toodledo
• Calendar interface a bit ugly
• No included software to create / update documents like Word or Excel
• No way to load/share documents to a cloud location like skydrive or mesh or google docs (I think)
• Browser is a bit clunky

What has me wondering if the Curve was a good pick for me is the fact that I think a Win Mobile device could handle all these other items better. The integration with Office documents is a nice feature to have and being able to communicate with Microsoft Live or Mesh would be useful. I don't imagine the to-do, calendar, and browser will be as nice as on my iPod Touch, but I think they would be better.

So I'm trying to decide without having any experience with Windows Mobile or any other device. From what I read everyone likes a BB for it's email capability but I can see so much more possible with a smart phone after just using my dinky iPod Touch in WiFi spots. Plus, seems like all smart phones handle email pretty well these days too so I'm not sure what I'd be giving up by going to Win Mobile.

I am having fun with my Curve so don't take this as a slam or rant, but I'm a bit frustrated with not being able to progress much further to areas like to-do lists and even web browsing. To make it worse, I think with Sprint a Palm Pro would cost $15 a month for data while the BB contract requires $30 a month. I have no idea why it's twice as much either.

I'd love to hear from others who had Win Mobile and prefer BB and why.

Thinking Of Giving Up My Blackberry For...

I have been a Blackberry user for several years -- most recently, have gone from 8320 to the Bold. It does what I want it to do (email), but I miss other things I could elegantly do on it -- the web, photos, etc. I admire the iPhone a lot -- although the fact that it's email functions were pretty crappy (until now) put me off (keyboard was fine though) and now the new Palm Pre...I called my enterprise company and they said they think the Pre is fantastic and the best of both worlds. I am out of the country now, so I haven't seen it at all. But am wondering if anyone has any experience with it. Plus, my big concern: the keyboard. I'm "spoiled" by the Blackberry's keyboard. Will I be able to adjust??? Thanks for any feedback.

Iphone? or stay with BB

I had the Motorola Q phone which featured MS Activesync. I loved that feature that would push email, tasks, calendar and contacts over the air. However the phone itself was a POC and dropped calls all the time. Friends said to get the Blackberry. OK, I give in. First surprise it does not sync with exchange server without a $3,000 software addition. We are a small company so that is not where I want to invest my profits, so I utilize Google mail that gets pushed from exchange and Google calendar sync and hook up usb once a week to sync contacts. Not the most ideal situation. Looked at Unite and that does not seem ready for primetime. So now comes the new iphone that now incorporates Activesync. Wife has first generation iphone and I have to say that it works as claimed.
Without the BB exchange software everything is pretty much a workaround. I love this phone but the BB seems more tailored to bigger businesses. I miss the wireless sync with Activesync and will most likely get the new iphone when released. So my question is, am I missing something with my Blackberry?
Thx in advance

Have any BB users tried iPhone? Comparable at all? Prob going to try one out....

Let me start by saying that I am a pretty hard-core Blackberry fan. I've had a Blackberry for over a year now, and it is absolutely an amazing device and has made my life so much simpler, easier and more efficient.

BUT, I was given a gift certificate large enough to cover the cost of a brand-new iPhone and am probably going to pull the trigger on it within a day or so.

I know that everyone has seen one and played with one for a short period of time, but what I really want to know is have any Blackberry users really put an iPhone through its paces for WORK?

Can the iPhone compare at all to a Blackberry?

I rely *very heavily* on my Blackberry for, of course, e-mail and calendar and since the Blackberry was built from the ground up around these and other work features, and the iPhone was not, I'm of course very skeptical that I will be as happy with the iPhone as I am with my Blackberry.

I think I'm going to go ahead and give it a shot - I have 14 days to return the iPhone if I just cannot make it work, but I want to see what everybody else's experiences have been so I have some idea of what I'm getting myself into.

I'm also getting tired of waiting for the new blackberry bold.

BlackBerry Vs Windows Mobile

I have been a Windows Mobile user for about 3-4 years and recently got a BlackBerry Curve. I am really beginning to wonder what the big deal is about the BlackBerry phones compared to the Windows Mobile phones. The Windows Mobile data plans are almost half the price as the BlackBerry plans. Plus the other thing I have found it the E-Mail use is much better on the Windows Mobile phones. On the BlackBerry you can only see 30 days worth of e-mail and on the Windows Mobile phones you can see all E-Mails. Also on my BlackBerry my BIS E-Mails accounts do not delete messages on the server when deleting them on the phone where the WM does on both POP3 and IMAP accounts and on WM I can see all subfolders on IMAP accounts where on the BB you can not. The biggest thing I hear about the BlackBerry is the push E-Mail but if I receive an E-Mail from my exchange account they come in within seconds on each other so WM does have full push E-Mail. Other than having the ability to monitor or control the phone in a business I don?t see what the big deal is. If someone can let me know other features I am missing please let me know. I?m not complaining about the BB but I?m just trying to understand what the big deal is.

Blackberry VS IPhone

Just wondering if anybody had a blackberry and switched to a Iphone. I have a blackberry and i love it, but the iphone looks really good too. Or did somebody get an iphone and wished they kept there bb. thanks

Why my iPhone is better than your phone..

While some of you have no choice in using BB's because of work reason others may like it's simplicity. I for one can't live with all the software problems it has and only have one because it's given to me free by my company. I only use it for BB messenger and that's it.

Anyway I just want to brag and tell you guys how awesome my iPhone is (Once you jailbreak it)

Here are the reason why my iPhone is the best phone on the market:

I have video ringtones. A video plays when I get a call and I can assign everyone a different video whether it be a music video, home video, etc.

Accelerometer makes everything so much better for games, and different utilities, too many to name.

Time Crisis on my iPhone, yes people the game. This is where the accelerometer comes in.

Panoramic Photos so I can take up to 5 pictures and combine them into one long landscape picture.

I can blow on my iPhones speaker and play the Ocarina (it's an app from appstore, youtube it)

I don't get software issues on my iPhone at all. Once in a blue blue blueee moon you'll get a freeze. Nothing that a reboot can't fix.

Live video streaming so I can record videos on my iPhonea and random peole and friends can view it live on the internet while I'm recording!!

So many other things I can do. This does everything except wipe my ass but hopefully that'll be in the next update.

I just wanted to brag about this because I laugh everytime I come to this site and read everyones problems. I have a heart so that's why I help out because I once felt your pain. I fix these phones every single day and know them top to bottom, left to right.

Anyway guys make the switch you won't be disappointed.

Long time BB user heavily considering the Pre

I'm currently using the 8900 and I've been with T-Mobile since the first Pearl launched. I've been extremely happy with T-Mobile's customer service, and for the most part, I've loved my Blackberries.

I was very intrigued by the Pre at the CES conference, but then the 8900 launched and I couldn't resist. For the most part I love the 8900, but compared to my previous Blackberries is has a horrible time keeping an EDGE connection for some reason, which is quite annoying. Also, I'm getting frustrated with T-Mobile's lack of 3G in my area and it doesn't look like we'll be getting it any time soon.

Now that the Pre has been released and I've had time to play with it, and read more hands-on reviews, I'm strongly considering it for a few reasons.

1) The WebOS platform is amazing. I like it better than any other smartphone I've seen out there (iPhone, G1, BB, etc.). As a matter of fact, the BB OS is really starting to feel outdated. I love the amount of 3rd party apps that are available for the BB now, but when all is said and done, it still feels like the "same old".

2) Sprint's $99mo Simply Everything plan blows every other carrier's plans out of the water. Even if I paid the early termination fee with T-Mobile, it would only take me about 8 mos to recoup my cost, and over the course of the remaining 16 mos of my contract I'd save $400! And I'd be getting more for my money! Seems like a no brainer.

3) 3G EVDO: download speeds on the Pre are awesome. Side-by-side comparisons have shown the Pre Browser to be faster than the iPhone's and it shows more content.

Don't get me wrong, the 8900 is a beautiful device and BB has been my friend for about 4 years now, but I think they're falling behind the curve. (no pun intended)

Bold Vs. Iphone

Just purchased my first BB (Bold). I'm impressed. Then a co-worker showed me his Iphone he bought for about $60. 16gb memory!.
How can I convince my co-worker that the BB is Better?

Also, this looks like a great forum.....

Black Berry Vs. A Brick To The Face

Well I for one would say that a Blackberry is way more useful that a brick to the face......but thats just me.Anybody els?

What would make you buy the iphone?

With macworld coming up, I was just curious what features the iphone would need to have for you to go over to the dark side......

iPhone vs. Blackberry (or Nokia) revisited

Remember this? Some guy loves his Nokia E70 so much and has such a hate built up for the iPhone that he took the time to put his rant on a web page. I've noticed at work that the iPhone is the fastest growing device out there. Like mushrooms, every day a few more spring up in the hands of co-workers. Now, I'm perhaps the biggest Apple fanboi you're ever going to run across. I have several PowerMacs, PowerBooks, MacBooks, and even an iMac in the house. I have Apple TV and just about every generation of iPod ever made. It's like that movie "Field of Dreams" when they say, "If you build it they will come." Well, if Steve and company build it, I will buy it. Except the iPhone. For some reason the iPhone does nothing for me. Perhaps it's my discovery that a Blackberry is the ideal communication device for me so there's no rough edges for the iPhone to get it's hooks into. But this page just doesn't get old: The iPhone is a piece of shit, and so is your face.

Blackberry Hardware falling behind?

Looking at the phone out right now and phone being introduced at MWC '09 it looks like Blackberry is YEARS behing in Hardware and its UI.
Even WinMon is beginning to look ALOT better then the BB OS. Palm took a huge step forwad with its webOS to compete in a much more competitive smartphone market place.
Just looking at Hardware iPhone, n97, diamond2 touch pro2, Palm Pre, e75, TG01. Those and more completely destroy BB in terms of Hardware. software is subjective to the user so i wont touch that. UI however it seems to to be a bit lacking. Android, iPhone Os, WebOS, possibly WinMo all have nicer loking OSes than BB.

Ireally hope the Blackberry comes out with something big this year. Not just the same old stuff with QWERTY or suretype keyboard with a slick skin on an aging OS.

What do you guys think?

which BB Model is better than 8100

I want about the same size phone as the 8100 not the bigger bulky models

iphone back to 8800

well i tried the iphone for the 2nd time since it came out and i ended up returning it i thought with all the software upgrades and thinking i might get used to the touch screen . well i was wrong after 5 days of haveing the iphone i am back to my 8800,8300,8700,9500,9300,P990i yea i love them all because they all have blackberry service . good to be back lol. what was i thinking going to a freaking iphone. i must of been drunk.

Blackberry vs. MS WinMo 6

Can anyone help on this question.

I have a PDA win mo 6 and its syncs well with my outlook seamlessly. Can either the new blackberries Storm or 9000 series do the same and keep all my information in my black berry?

Can I get rid of my PDA and replace it with a BB?

thanks

BlackBerry Storm vs. Samsung Omnia i900 : Battle of the iPhone Killers

hi!

I just browsed the net and found a great match for BlackBerry - Samsung's Iphone Killer - Omnia i900. It boasts a 3.2 inch touchscreen design with a sleek black gloss 12.5mm thick finish. It also has Windows for its OS with the Opera Mobile 9.5 web browser. It also has (get this noted) 5MP camera, WIFI ready, a built in radio and up to 16GB internal memory.
Now compared to the iPhone 3G and a single 2MP camera at the back, the Omnia has also a camera above the screen for video calling and taking pictures.

In comparison to the release of the BlackBerry Storm, which is touted to be another iPhone killer with its touchscreen navigation technology, 3.2 MP camera, 1GB internal memory, a Roxio Media Manager and 3G capabilities; I guess the Omnia is a pretty a tough competitor in the Mobile/PDA market.

So what's your take on this battle of the iPhone killers?

Blackberry vs. Anything...

I've been using PDA's since the early 1990's. Palm was legendary for doing four things really well; contacts, calendar, tasks and memo's. Then Palm got stuck on stupid and, well, the rest is history. I finally threw in the Palm towel over a year ago.

Then I had a WM device (Q9m) for a year. Oh god, there's 373 days of my life I can't get back.

After much hand-wringing, wailing and gnashing of teeth (and that was just my wife) I finally broke down and got myself an 8330.

I've had it since early September. It hasn't been turned off or rebooted or battery removed or thrown into the ice cube maker since then.

The Blackberry is, for me, what the Palm devices were in the early days. Very stable, very functional and a near perfect user interface.

Although I'm a geek, for me, stuff has to be functional. I don't have stuff for the sake of having stuff. Like a good pair of shoes, I hope my 8330 lasts a loooong time, because (in my best Forrest Gump) it sure is comfortable.

And that's all I got to say about that...

Sprint Instinct vs. BB Curve

Hello All,

I was reading today about a new device caled the Samsung Instinct on the Sprint network. I wanted to query the knowledge trust as to what they thought of the device. My wife wants to trade her 8700c for an iphone. My arguement was that it does not handle email very securely and it's too expensive. Those have worked for now.

Has anyone seen or used this phone. Would he interface be easier for someone who is not technically savvy. Main uses for her BB are email, phone and web.

Any thoughts are appreciated.