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What's the big deal with Blackberries?

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
I have push on my Treo and let me tell you, it's not *that* exciting. Also, if you set up your POP to retrieve, say every 1 minute, it's basically the same as PUSH. When have you ever gotten in trouble becaues you replied to an email 1 minute late? People get annoyed at days without a reply, not minutes. Also, so far none of my emails have been ultra time sensitive but even the ones that were, are able to withstand the 5 minutes between POP checks my Outlook does. Anyway, I'd rather have PUSH than not, but it's not THAT cool to me.
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That's assuming you're at the computer that you can have it check your mail every 1 min. The #1 reasons of why push technology took off is because you're mobile. It's like IM, except it's under a universal system (emails) and it's with you at all time, no matter where you are.

I agree though, it's not 'exciting'. It's not supposed to be. I'm sure the first time you use an IM, you thought it was exciting, i know i did when i discovered ICQ like 10 years ago. But now it's just another tool. It doesn't have mp3 capability, GPS tools, built-in cameras, etc for a reason.
 
i love mine. not only is it integrated with my email, i have my company software on it that provides me with current news and live stock quotes.
 
Originally posted by: Looney
In simplest terms, they're email devices. But using push technology, so you don't have to check the email every 15mins or so, instead the emails are pushed to your device automatically. Think of emails and IMs mixed together, and you'll get the idea. If you can understand how powerful emails can be, then you'll understand why Blackberries are so popular. For example, at my company, if the server goes down, it sends out an email to all the administrators, so that if they're a hundred miles away, they'll get the msg in seconds.
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but what if your email server goes down???
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Looney
In simplest terms, they're email devices. But using push technology, so you don't have to check the email every 15mins or so, instead the emails are pushed to your device automatically. Think of emails and IMs mixed together, and you'll get the idea. If you can understand how powerful emails can be, then you'll understand why Blackberries are so popular. For example, at my company, if the server goes down, it sends out an email to all the administrators, so that if they're a hundred miles away, they'll get the msg in seconds.
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but what if your email server goes down???
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LOL we have a redundant system (we're an ISP).
 
Originally posted by: Looney
Originally posted by: sygyzy
I have push on my Treo and let me tell you, it's not *that* exciting. Also, if you set up your POP to retrieve, say every 1 minute, it's basically the same as PUSH. When have you ever gotten in trouble becaues you replied to an email 1 minute late? People get annoyed at days without a reply, not minutes. Also, so far none of my emails have been ultra time sensitive but even the ones that were, are able to withstand the 5 minutes between POP checks my Outlook does. Anyway, I'd rather have PUSH than not, but it's not THAT cool to me.
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That's assuming you're at the computer that you can have it check your mail every 1 min. The #1 reasons of why push technology took off is because you're mobile. It's like IM, except it's under a universal system (emails) and it's with you at all time, no matter where you are.

I agree though, it's not 'exciting'. It's not supposed to be. I'm sure the first time you use an IM, you thought it was exciting, i know i did when i discovered ICQ like 10 years ago. But now it's just another tool. It doesn't have mp3 capability, GPS tools, built-in cameras, etc for a reason.
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I think you are misunderstanding me a bit. The other alternative if you have a mobile PDA or smartphone is to have email that is NOT push. For example, I can use Versamail, XpressMail, or SnapperMail. They all do POP email. Remember that PUSH refers to a very specific delivery method in which you get "instant" email. That's what Blackberries are all about and that's what the OP asked about.

P.S. I still think IM's are pretty exciting.
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: Looney
The 8700 has QVGA and a 300+ intel CPU
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Vs VGA and 600+ on an Axim?

The 8700 does seem to be an improvement though.

I have nothing against blackberries, they are good at what they do - I just don't consider them to be that exciting.

An X51V though...

Viper GTS
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I went from a 7105 to an 8700 and believe me, the improvement is huge. It reminded me of when I moved from a p133/14"/dialup to a Athlon850/19"/broadband.


Anyway, while email is the bread and butter, I love the other things as well. Like wirelessly syncing the calendar/tasks/memos, the browser push services. its not a geek's toy, but after owning a Zaurus, I have come to appreciate the "it just works" mantra. 🙂
 
We dumped Blackberries in favor of Treo's and have much happier executives/user's (syncing email/calendar etc, with exchange)

 
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