Comments on: Everything Old is New at RIM – Wait-a-Thon

By: Pipe fittings

Pipe fittings — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:53:52 +0000

This is the greatest phone…wait

By: rubykp

rubykp — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:53:39 +0000

i think the iphone is great.

By: lauriead4

lauriead4 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:39:47 +0000

Can’t we all get along?

By: advilcat

advilcat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:56:06 +0000

I never had a Palm before, but I love my iphone now.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:01:08 +0000

Well, if you have to have a Blackberry (because that's all your bosses will give you), then that looks like quite a nice one to have. But for personal use, esp. if your main focus isn't typing emails, then the iPhone (last year's model at that) still beats this "new" phone hands down.

Can't wait to see iPhone gen 2!

By: starlight81

starlight81 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:43:19 +0000

i love the iphone!

By: DaffyHercules

DaffyHercules — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:06:37 +0000

It’s probably just me, but as much as I love new technology I don’t want the latest gadgets shoved down my throat and to be brainwashed into thinking I absolutely NEED them to be cool and to “keep up with the Joneses”. A simple, basic ANYTHING for me works.

By: BarracudaRon

BarracudaRon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:40:10 +0000

if all I need is email…. BB the way to go??

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:29:27 +0000

I could never stand the keyboard on my Palm -- the only thing worse was the Blackberry's. My big, mushy fingers were forever messing up on those hard, rounded(?!) tic-tac keys, and when I sprained my wrist, it hurt too much to press the little @#%!ers.

So far, iPhone is much easier to type with for me, and because there's no pressure needed, I could use it even with a sprained wrist.

Businesses are driven by IT people who buy based on promised (not always delivered) features, budget, and how easily they believe they can manage/maintain things. iPhone is an end-user purposed device. IT could usually give a $#!t about end users.

ActiveSync, however, may help.

By: gksmithlcw

gksmithlcw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:17:01 +0000

I was wondering- is there a reason businesses go with the blackberry rather than the iPhone now? I'd imagine the touch screen is so much easier to type with than the little keyboard, are any companies switching? Or is it too expensive?

QUERTY keyboards on phones are a good thing if the phone is being used for things such as email which is the BlackBerry's bread and butter and also the reason that BBs are chosen over iPhones in the business world.

By: topolina

topolina — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:00:31 +0000

I was wondering- is there a reason businesses go with the blackberry rather than the iPhone now? I’d imagine the touch screen is so much easier to type with than the little keyboard, are any companies switching? Or is it too expensive?

By: labgpr

labgpr — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:46:09 +0000

I played with my friend BB Pearl and didn’t like the keyboard. Then the iPhone came. My friend and I (coming from a Treo 650) switched without regrets. For there is no reason to get a BB unless you need it for your job. They’re too bussiness like for regular users.

By: burnsaa

burnsaa — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:46:45 +0000

ya I just used a BB for the first time this weekend it was my dads he had just got it. So I went to crackberry.com to get some ideas on how to set it up. They have some pretty good beginner guides that was nice but still no way in h�!! I would buy one. When I got the iPhone there was no need for any kind of how to because the entire thing was so nicely laid out and simple to use.

By: blackmoose

blackmoose — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:30:00 +0000

wow, nice, look at that screen! and all those buttons! it has endless options and I bet it has a stylus. I can organize, access the internet, make phone calls. This is the greatest phone…wait, I have an iPhone…nevermind.

By: AnteL0pe

AnteL0pe — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:55:05 +0000

neither RIM nor MS can compete with Apple on style or usability. The thought is laughable. They should stick to what they do best, for RIM thats unannounced outages, for MS with WinMo thats… Um…

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:42:58 +0000

GFONG, fess up, it as a 3.5″ cube wasn’t it??

(The iPhone feels no larger in the hand than my Palms or a BB, and actually seems to disappear in the pocket — I’ve panicked a couple times thinking I left it behind!)

By: GFONG

GFONG — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:38:17 +0000

I like Palm OS but 3.5" screen is the new standard for cellphones

LOL... Five years ago, I was using the XDA 2 with 3.5" screen and people said I carried a brick. Because of the Apple effect, it becomes the new standard.:confused:

By: Bad Ash

Bad Ash — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:16:28 +0000

Never been a fan of BB… girlfriend has one… sister, dad, etc… They are way too boring for me. Sorry.

By: NPR_aficionado

NPR_aficionado — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:08:10 +0000

The BB looks like a Razor keyboard on a smartphone, and I don’t think that is going to work. If you are going to have a physical keyboard then you probably want buttons you can actually feel, if you are going to have buttons flush then you may as well use the space for a bigger screen utilizing the space better (then the keyboard is only there when needed).

By: tschertz01

tschertz01 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:32:29 +0000

I have never used a RIM product and it’s not looking like this newest addition will sway me in any way to change that decision anytime soon.

By: sparhawk

sparhawk — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:18:43 +0000

I guess as long as it sells good, they’ll always come up with off the wall designs that don’t conform to the “conventional”

By: renn

renn — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:44:57 +0000

I like Palm OS but 3.5" screen is the new standard for cellphones, iPhone makes everything look old and unbig. Not interested a third OS (WinMob) since I bought a MBP while I am waiting for 2nd gen iPhone hardware. I am not the one to say Game over... but all cellphone designers all need to act like iPhone was not an unrepeatable Alien concept.