blackberries

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 14:29

my wife wants a blackberry, not all seem to be as good as each other (build quality).. curve seems to feel light, bold more corporate.. which is best according to the beex hive?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Get the Bold, ideally the 9780 Bold 2. The Torch is a piece of shit, the Curve is the same as the Bold but with cheaper components.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 14:32

romanista wrote:

my wife wants a blackberry

Is she sure?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Also,

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22363

:that:

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 14:40

Specifically: Does she want a Blackberry, or a phone that can deal with emails?

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 14:41

I thought this was about the fruit.

markh · **Joined:** 13th Oct, 2008 **Posts:** 903

the sync on my blackberry curve is shite. Years old emails sometimes randomly reappear, although this could be work related. It certainly wouldn't be my choice if it wasn't provided by work.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 15:20

Grim... wrote:

romanista wrote:

my wife wants a blackberry

Is she sure?

i think she is, after her samsung jet s8000 (horrible phone) i can't cnvince her to get a proper touchscreen

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12328

I had a play with a Blackberry. After so long using my 3G iPhone it just felt.... shit.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

No, no - you don't understand. When it comes to the colour the living room should be painted, she's right and you're wrong. When it comes to technology purchases, that's firmly your job. Don't forget - she's not just buying a phone, she's also contracting your support services for the lifespan of that phone.

Get an iPhone.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 15:28

The Palm Pre 2 is pretty nice.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Oh, shut up you.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

I have an old bold 9000 from work and it's shit. I hope the newer ones are better??

If I were to buy a phone it would be the iPhone, no question.
There seems to be no real advantage of a blackberry over the iPhone other than the input technique on a non touchscreen bb

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 15:36

myoptikakaka wrote:

The Palm Pre 2 is pretty nice.

I like mine..

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 16:02

Craster wrote:

No, no - you don't understand. When it comes to the colour the living room should be painted, she's right and you're wrong. When it comes to technology purchases, that's firmly your job. Don't forget - she's not just buying a phone, she's also contracting your support services for the lifespan of that phone.

Sexist, but also FACT.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 16:22

Grim... wrote:

Craster wrote:

No, no - you don't understand. When it comes to the colour the living room should be painted, she's right and you're wrong. When it comes to technology purchases, that's firmly your job. Don't forget - she's not just buying a phone, she's also contracting your support services for the lifespan of that phone.

Sexist, but also FACT.

I want to disagree with this, I always make my own informed choice when it comes to my phone. However, I must admit that if it's not doing something it should, or doing something it shouldn't I can't be arsed with it and just chuck it at Joans. I don't know that I still would if he wasn't as into Android as he is, or if I had an iPhone or Blackberry, to be honest I could probably sort it out myself. But hey, he fixes my phone, I iron his t-shirts - seems fair to me.

Oh, therefore, Grim...'s and Craster's posts are both fair points.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12328

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

I want to disagree with this, I always make my own informed choice when it comes to my phone. However, I must admit that if it's not doing something it should, or doing something it shouldn't I can't be arsed with it and just chuck it at Joans. I don't know that I still would if he wasn't as into Android as he is, or if I had an iPhone or Blackberry, to be honest I could probably sort it out myself. But hey, he fixes my phone, I iron his t-shirts - seems fair to me.

Oh, therefore, Grim...'s and Craster's posts are both fair points.

Translated: I'd love to disagree with this on principle, but it's true and I love being a big girle girl.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Craster wrote:

No, no - you don't understand. When it comes to the colour the living room should be painted, she's right and you're wrong. When it comes to technology purchases, that's firmly your job. Don't forget - she's not just buying a phone, she's also contracting your support services for the lifespan of that phone.

Sexist, but also FACT.

I want to disagree with this, I always make my own informed choice when it comes to my phone.

Excellent, go for it!

Quote:

However, I must admit that if it's not doing something it should, or doing something it shouldn't I can't be arsed with it and just chuck it at Joans.

That's not disagreeing!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 16:28

Mr Russell wrote:

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

I want to disagree with this, I always make my own informed choice when it comes to my phone. However, I must admit that if it's not doing something it should, or doing something it shouldn't I can't be arsed with it and just chuck it at Joans. I don't know that I still would if he wasn't as into Android as he is, or if I had an iPhone or Blackberry, to be honest I could probably sort it out myself. But hey, he fixes my phone, I iron his t-shirts - seems fair to me.

Oh, therefore, Grim...'s and Craster's posts are both fair points.

Translated: I'd love to disagree with this on principle, but it's true and I love being a big girle girl.

Exactly!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 16:30

Craster wrote:

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Craster wrote:

No, no - you don't understand. When it comes to the colour the living room should be painted, she's right and you're wrong. When it comes to technology purchases, that's firmly your job. Don't forget - she's not just buying a phone, she's also contracting your support services for the lifespan of that phone.

Sexist, but also FACT.

I want to disagree with this, I always make my own informed choice when it comes to my phone.

Excellent, go for it!

Quote:

However, I must admit that if it's not doing something it should, or doing something it shouldn't I can't be arsed with it and just chuck it at Joans.

That's not disagreeing!

Exactly, I really can't. As much as I'm not a girly girl and can be a geeky as I like, I just can't be arsed with it. You are spot on with your observations. I just want to be able to use my phone, I can't be bothered with the making it do (or not do) stuff part (I've got a Joans for that

).

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22363

You iron t-shirts?

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 13:46

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

I thought this was about the fruit.

well that was a bit the intention...

discussed this with my wife.. and cost aspect is part of it... i do think she would like a blackberry though, the keys and stuff, although she now says that she thinks an iphone would be nice but expensive...maybe android would be better then..

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 14:53

Androids with physical keyboards exist - they're better in some cases than the smaller blackberries as the keys are bigger.
If that's a requirement, show her something like http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN ... ocaleId=33

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 14:57

If you can get the Samsung Epic in your country, I think that's a good one too.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Grim... wrote:

Androids with physical keyboards exist...

That's my plan for when I kill the Nokia sorted then

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 15:42

Wullie wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Androids with physical keyboards exist...

That's my plan for when I kill the Nokia sorted then

The Carphone Warehouse site is useful for this - you can filter the phone finder (Monthy / PAYG) to just show Andoids with Qwerty keyboards.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:31

well, she bought a white 9780 in the end, arrived yesterday.. spend an hour installing gmail on it, as it took some time to find this weird setting/feature/bug
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/G ... ebbb&hl=en

(she's happy whatsapping and mailing with her now.. the young women demographic is here far more important for RIM than you would imagine for a corporate aimed phone..)

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10138

romanista wrote:

i think she is, after her samsung jet s8000 (horrible phone) i can't cnvince her to get a proper touchscreen

It's not great, but it's not that bad.

I am looking forward to my contract expiring in February though.

Edit: Er, I'm not Mrs Romanista, I just have a Samsung Jet s8000.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

White phones should not be allowed to exist.

See also: Pink.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 14:37

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

White phones should not be allowed to exist.

See also: Pink.

Then how are we going to get this party started?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

romanista wrote:

well, she bought a white 9780 in the end, arrived yesterday.. spend an hour installing gmail on it, as it took some time to find this weird setting/feature/bug
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/G ... ebbb&hl=en

(she's happy whatsapping and mailing with her now.. the young women demographic is here far more important for RIM than you would imagine for a corporate aimed phone..)

The 9780 is a great Blackberry. A Blackberry is still the wrong choice though

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38597

Evertime I hear that friggin 'CHIRP' from a Blackberry, I feel like clawing my eyes out. Then the blackberry owners eyes. Then a tea break. Then back to work

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