Posts with keyword: blackberry

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The Storm Blows

Wed Nov 26 19:32:00 2008

Image via Daylife I had a friend who wanted an iPhone, but decided he'd wait and see how the Blackberry Storm stacked up. His son had an iPhone, so he took it into a Verizon office and played with them side by side. He tells me that in 5 minutes it was clear to him that he'd hate the Storm. He told me this as he was showing off his new iPhone. David Pogue reviewed the Storm for the NY Times and reached the same conclusion. I haven't found a soul who tried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled
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More on Mobile

Mon Aug 28 09:36:00 2006

I received lots of comments on my question about what mobile device to buy. I think the conclusion I draw from them is that there's no mobile device that does it all. I'd love to mix and match features and functionality from 3 or 4 devices. Various folks wrote to tell me that they've given up on using these devices as modems for their laptops and just got an EVDO card. Bernard Goldbach wrote a blog post about his thoughts on this issue. There's a bounty of over $500 for anyone who comes up with a solution for tethering
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Which Mobile Device Should I Buy?

Sat Aug 26 13:54:00 2006

I haven't used an organizer like a Palm since 2002. Once I no longer had someone else keeping my schedule, it was more convenient for me to keep the schedule in iCal on my laptop. The gadget freak in me has looked at Treos and Blackberrys and thought it would be neat to have one, but I've not wanted to carry around a phone as big as a boat anchor for the limited utility I'd get from the organizer functions. Lately, however, the connectivity of these devices has led me to think I might be willing to carry one
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