I was looking at iPhones and Blackberry's and eventually decided on the E71.
I love the iPhone but couldn't use it for all the emailling I do as it doesn't have a keyboard.
I like the Blackberry but to get full push email & calendar for work the company would have to buy a BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) - the software is about £4k.
By far the largest benefit for me is the fact that the phone synchronises email, contacts & calendar with our exchnage server while I'm on the move. It does this at no extra cost (just uses my data connection) and is very reliable.
Compare this with the alternative with Balckery using a BIS (Blackberry Internet Server) whihc simple forwards maile to me and lets me reply one.
The battery last ages and is easy to swap with a spare if you run out.
The phones interface isn't as slick as the iPhone or Blackberry but overall it's a better package and certainly looks better from a hardware perspective than the other two.
19 Mar, 2010
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I was looking at iPhones and Blackberry's and eventually decided on the E71.
I love the iPhone but couldn't use it for all the emailling I do as it doesn't have a keyboard.
I like the Blackberry but to get full push email & calendar for work the company would have to buy a BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) - the software is about £4k.
By far the largest benefit for me is the fact that the phone synchronises email, contacts & calendar with our exchnage server while I'm on the move. It does this at no extra cost (just uses my data connection) and is very reliable.
Compare this with the alternative with Balckery using a BIS (Blackberry Internet Server) whihc simple forwards maile to me and lets me reply one.
The battery last ages and is easy to swap with a spare if you run out.
The phones interface isn't as slick as the iPhone or Blackberry but overall it's a better package and certainly looks better from a hardware perspective than the other two.