Comments on: Round Robin: BlackBerry Curve http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/ For people who dare to Phone Different. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:34:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dckiwi http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4986 dckiwi Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:41:49 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4986 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>After all the discussion about the shortcomings of the browser...lets see some great software coming real soon</td></tr></table> <p><a href=""http://www.operamini.com/"" target="_blank">OperaMini's</a> out of beta now, has had a couple more enhancements.</p> After all the discussion about the shortcomings of the browser…lets see some great software coming real soon

OperaMini’s out of beta now, has had a couple more enhancements.

]]> By: kc25 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4985 kc25 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:24:12 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4985 <p>BB email does rock, I get email on the curve substantially faster than the PC. How's that????? After all the discussion about the shortcomings of the browser...lets see some great software coming real soon, as if our techno types could create successful touch screens, but not a software program that would browse effectively. C'mon you programmers out there in cyberland, lets see your stuff!</p> BB email does rock, I get email on the curve substantially faster than the PC. How’s that????? After all the discussion about the shortcomings of the browser…lets see some great software coming real soon, as if our techno types could create successful touch screens, but not a software program that would browse effectively. C’mon you programmers out there in cyberland, lets see your stuff!

]]> By: BigTreo http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4984 BigTreo Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:07:49 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4984 <p>I have always read that BB's email is so superior to anything else but I have never read a review that details what makes it better. I have a 700w with hosted exchange from 1and1.com. To me this is a fantastic email solution. </p> <p>What are the ways that BB still beats this combination out?</p> I have always read that BB’s email is so superior to anything else but I have never read a review that details what makes it better. I have a 700w with hosted exchange from 1and1.com. To me this is a fantastic email solution.

What are the ways that BB still beats this combination out?

]]> By: gadgetluva http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4983 gadgetluva Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:54:36 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4983 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>It is true that the iPhone interface, and web browsing experience, is far superior to the Blackberry, and for that matter ay other smartphone (sorry Touch advocates)...<strong>BUT</strong>...as a long time user of Treos (600 & 650), a half dozen WM Smartphones and PPC's (including recently the 3125, 8125, Blackjack, and Tilt), and a one week test of the iPhone, the BB Curve is the best smartphone implementation yet.[LIST] [*]Email cannot be touched by any other platform [*]Exchange synchronization of email, calendar, contacts, tasks AND notes is flawless [*]voice dialing (imagine that Mr. Jobs) works right out of the box; no training and initiates calls from your bluetooth headset without endless registry edits (take that Mr. Gates) [*]speaking of bluetooth - headsets and stereo a snap (even on Moto S9 which skipped all over the place on Blackjack and Tilt) [*]GPS a great add on with Google Maps [*]BEST OF ALL - excellent call quality on both ends[/LIST]On the overall satisfaction meter, the Curve 8310 is a 9 out of the box; old style interface and all. That comes from five solid years of searching for the perfect "smartphone" regardless of OS platform. As a friend recently put it best, the BB Curve was designed as a communication device from the ground up, not a converted PDA (ala Palm and WM) or iPod (Apple) with voice communication and email bolted on the side.</td></tr></table> <p>The blackberry was built from the ground up to be an EMAIL communication device. Phone, internet, multimedia was an after thought, much like it has been for all smartphones. This gets better with each new OS, but it takes a big revamping for a device to be good at it all. This is what I'm hoping for with WM7 and the Linux POS.</p> It is true that the iPhone interface, and web browsing experience, is far superior to the Blackberry, and for that matter ay other smartphone (sorry Touch advocates)…BUT…as a long time user of Treos (600 & 650), a half dozen WM Smartphones and PPC’s (including recently the 3125, 8125, Blackjack, and Tilt), and a one week test of the iPhone, the BB Curve is the best smartphone implementation yet.[LIST] [*]Email cannot be touched by any other platform [*]Exchange synchronization of email, calendar, contacts, tasks AND notes is flawless [*]voice dialing (imagine that Mr. Jobs) works right out of the box; no training and initiates calls from your bluetooth headset without endless registry edits (take that Mr. Gates) [*]speaking of bluetooth – headsets and stereo a snap (even on Moto S9 which skipped all over the place on Blackjack and Tilt) [*]GPS a great add on with Google Maps [*]BEST OF ALL – excellent call quality on both ends[/LIST]On the overall satisfaction meter, the Curve 8310 is a 9 out of the box; old style interface and all. That comes from five solid years of searching for the perfect “smartphone” regardless of OS platform. As a friend recently put it best, the BB Curve was designed as a communication device from the ground up, not a converted PDA (ala Palm and WM) or iPod (Apple) with voice communication and email bolted on the side.

The blackberry was built from the ground up to be an EMAIL communication device. Phone, internet, multimedia was an after thought, much like it has been for all smartphones. This gets better with each new OS, but it takes a big revamping for a device to be good at it all. This is what I’m hoping for with WM7 and the Linux POS.

]]> By: Antoine of MMM http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 Antoine of MMM Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:40:16 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4982 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>Does the curve have cut/copy/paste? that's something I use on my Treo, and the lack of has prevented my interest in the iPhone. (Of course, it'd be better with 'shift-arrow' highlighting text, so you could do it from the keyboard. How does the blackberry highlight text (if it does) for onehanded use (and no touchscreen)? Also, Opera Mini on the Treo doesn't seem as good as your description on the Curve. Is there a significant difference?</td></tr></table> <p>Highlighting test is shift-directional pad on BBs. Opera Mini is the same on all platoforms, however the underlying Java engine makes the browser different on Treos versus BBs. The Java implementation on Treos is quite poor, and therefore Opera Mini and several other Java-based programs just are not as good in terms of overall user experience compared to BBs.</p> Does the curve have cut/copy/paste? that’s something I use on my Treo, and the lack of has prevented my interest in the iPhone. (Of course, it’d be better with ’shift-arrow’ highlighting text, so you could do it from the keyboard. How does the blackberry highlight text (if it does) for onehanded use (and no touchscreen)? Also, Opera Mini on the Treo doesn’t seem as good as your description on the Curve. Is there a significant difference?

Highlighting test is shift-directional pad on BBs. Opera Mini is the same on all platoforms, however the underlying Java engine makes the browser different on Treos versus BBs. The Java implementation on Treos is quite poor, and therefore Opera Mini and several other Java-based programs just are not as good in terms of overall user experience compared to BBs.

]]> By: Antoine of MMM http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4981 Antoine of MMM Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:37:25 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4981 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>I didn't realize that BB was running Symbian. In fact, I'm pretty sure it runs its own, Java-based OS, yes? And I know for a fact that you can develop 3rd party apps for the BB because of their Java capabilities...</td></tr></table> <p>BBs do NOT run Symbian (of any iteration). They use a heavily modified java-based OS (probably the best made one to date). All 3rd party apps for BBs are Java apps.</p> I didn’t realize that BB was running Symbian. In fact, I’m pretty sure it runs its own, Java-based OS, yes? And I know for a fact that you can develop 3rd party apps for the BB because of their Java capabilities…

BBs do NOT run Symbian (of any iteration). They use a heavily modified java-based OS (probably the best made one to date). All 3rd party apps for BBs are Java apps.

]]> By: dstrauss http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4980 dstrauss Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:44:05 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4980 <p>It is true that the iPhone interface, and web browsing experience, is far superior to the Blackberry, and for that matter ay other smartphone (sorry Touch advocates)...<strong>BUT</strong>...as a long time user of Treos (600 & 650), a half dozen WM Smartphones and PPC's (including recently the 3125, 8125, Blackjack, and Tilt), and a one week test of the iPhone, the BB Curve is the best smartphone implementation yet.[LIST] [<em>]Email cannot be touched by any other platform [</em>]Exchange synchronization of email, calendar, contacts, tasks AND notes is flawless [<em>]voice dialing (imagine that Mr. Jobs) works right out of the box; no training and initiates calls from your bluetooth headset without endless registry edits (take that Mr. Gates) [</em>]speaking of bluetooth - headsets and stereo a snap (even on Moto S9 which skipped all over the place on Blackjack and Tilt) [<em>]GPS a great add on with Google Maps [</em>]BEST OF ALL - excellent call quality on both ends[/LIST]On the overall satisfaction meter, the Curve 8310 is a 9 out of the box; old style interface and all. That comes from five solid years of searching for the perfect "smartphone" regardless of OS platform. As a friend recently put it best, the BB Curve was designed as a communication device from the ground up, not a converted PDA (ala Palm and WM) or iPod (Apple) with voice communication and email bolted on the side.</p> It is true that the iPhone interface, and web browsing experience, is far superior to the Blackberry, and for that matter ay other smartphone (sorry Touch advocates)…BUT…as a long time user of Treos (600 & 650), a half dozen WM Smartphones and PPC’s (including recently the 3125, 8125, Blackjack, and Tilt), and a one week test of the iPhone, the BB Curve is the best smartphone implementation yet.[LIST] []Email cannot be touched by any other platform []Exchange synchronization of email, calendar, contacts, tasks AND notes is flawless []voice dialing (imagine that Mr. Jobs) works right out of the box; no training and initiates calls from your bluetooth headset without endless registry edits (take that Mr. Gates) []speaking of bluetooth – headsets and stereo a snap (even on Moto S9 which skipped all over the place on Blackjack and Tilt) []GPS a great add on with Google Maps []BEST OF ALL – excellent call quality on both ends[/LIST]On the overall satisfaction meter, the Curve 8310 is a 9 out of the box; old style interface and all. That comes from five solid years of searching for the perfect “smartphone” regardless of OS platform. As a friend recently put it best, the BB Curve was designed as a communication device from the ground up, not a converted PDA (ala Palm and WM) or iPod (Apple) with voice communication and email bolted on the side.

]]> By: phrogpilot73 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4979 phrogpilot73 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:12:08 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4979 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>Ya, it's the same on the curve, you can cut,copy,paste easily...one handed if ya wish...and how does your wifes trackball get so dirty anyways?..lol I never have any problems with the trackball on my curve.</td></tr></table> <p>Not quite sure how it gets so dirty, but she doesn't baby the phone like I do my Treo...</p> Ya, it’s the same on the curve, you can cut,copy,paste easily…one handed if ya wish…and how does your wifes trackball get so dirty anyways?..lol I never have any problems with the trackball on my curve.

Not quite sure how it gets so dirty, but she doesn’t baby the phone like I do my Treo…

]]> By: meyerweb http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4978 meyerweb Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:25:15 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4978 <table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>BB devices are rock solid. Too bad they use some goofy OS :( If they ran WM that's all I would own.</td></tr></table> <p>But if they ran Windoze they wouldn't be rock solid. :rolleyes: Seriously.</p> BB devices are rock solid. Too bad they use some goofy OS :( If they ran WM that’s all I would own.

But if they ran Windoze they wouldn’t be rock solid. :rolleyes: Seriously.

]]> By: Geo-Treo http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-4977 Geo-Treo Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:10:08 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/10/30/round-robin-blackberry-curve/#comment-4977 <p>Of the 4 devices being swapped the iPhone and BlackBerry are the most different. The iPhone is about web browsing and entertainment, whereas the BlackBerry is about email and business. The iPhone interface is elegant whereas BlackBerry is a throwback with its clumsy icons and trackball (!). Apples and berries, so to speak. About the only things worth comparing are the "secondary" features such as the phone and calendar. Of course, things will change as they both add features for different markets.</p> Of the 4 devices being swapped the iPhone and BlackBerry are the most different. The iPhone is about web browsing and entertainment, whereas the BlackBerry is about email and business. The iPhone interface is elegant whereas BlackBerry is a throwback with its clumsy icons and trackball (!). Apples and berries, so to speak. About the only things worth comparing are the “secondary” features such as the phone and calendar. Of course, things will change as they both add features for different markets.

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