Blackberry
Posted by: i am simon 2 on 04 March 2005
Just got one of these on o2 with their data only plan, £15 per month.
It works with any AOL or MSN type email accounts as well as its own o2 email adress, bu the best thing is the way it works with my work email.
It runs a little app on the desktop that imteracts with Outlook Exchange to forward all emails to me in real time. Also if I send an email from the Blackberry, it appears in my sent items in outlook on my desktop, which is essential for my work. The only trouble is that you have to leave your desktop pc going 24/7 for this feaure to work, but we do this anyway at my office, so no problem there.
If you have a big company you can get software that sits on the server and also syncronises your calander and contacts as well as email wirelessly, but that costs about £6,000 and as there are ony 3 people in my company that is not cost effective.
Having had an iPaq for a number of years and trying to use that for email with the bluetooth conection to the phone, and compared to other people in the office with the likes of the Sony Erricson P900, the Blackberry is a much better solution, and with the proper keyboard, you will actualy use it. My one is a 7290 which is quad band colour screen which is backlit and has a qwerty keyboard (some of the other ones have a funy hybrid keyboard/numberpad).
The unit can also be your phone, although I like to have a seperate mobile phone.
Simon
It works with any AOL or MSN type email accounts as well as its own o2 email adress, bu the best thing is the way it works with my work email.
It runs a little app on the desktop that imteracts with Outlook Exchange to forward all emails to me in real time. Also if I send an email from the Blackberry, it appears in my sent items in outlook on my desktop, which is essential for my work. The only trouble is that you have to leave your desktop pc going 24/7 for this feaure to work, but we do this anyway at my office, so no problem there.
If you have a big company you can get software that sits on the server and also syncronises your calander and contacts as well as email wirelessly, but that costs about £6,000 and as there are ony 3 people in my company that is not cost effective.
Having had an iPaq for a number of years and trying to use that for email with the bluetooth conection to the phone, and compared to other people in the office with the likes of the Sony Erricson P900, the Blackberry is a much better solution, and with the proper keyboard, you will actualy use it. My one is a 7290 which is quad band colour screen which is backlit and has a qwerty keyboard (some of the other ones have a funy hybrid keyboard/numberpad).
The unit can also be your phone, although I like to have a seperate mobile phone.
Simon