Having bought and tried the iPhone 3g for a week recently made me think about the features of my Blackberry that I like. I thought I'd share them with you.
- The ability to set different ring volumes/vibrates/flashes for every conceivable notification.
- Being able to set the above dependant if the Blackberry is in its holster or not.
- Great one handed use. I can reply to an email, take a photo all with one hand if I wish.
- The flashing led on the case. I can have this flash red when I have a new message etc.
- The magnet sensor which locks the phone when I drop it in the holster. No button to put on/off.
- Quick home page view of new emails/sms, calendar events, missed calls. Includes preview.
- 2 convinience keys I can program how I want. One takes photo, the other chooses profile.
- Mini USB charger, no special leads needed.
- Good battery life, several days with medium use.
- Email comes in, remove from holster in 10 seconds and the email/sms is opened for you.
- Trackball. I can navigate around the whole phone by moving this and pressing it to select.
- Blackberry Messenger. Shows full status of IM, i.e. tick=sent, (D)elivered, (R)ead.
- Google Talk and Google Maps native apps.
Ok, so there are more I am sure. Now here are some things I don't like about my Blackberry.
- Lack of many native applications. Getting better but not great by any means.
- No 3g. My 8320 Curve has no 3g, I plan on getting the Bold soon which will strike this off.
- Expensive cost of having BES provisioned. Some networks charge £25 pm for this.
- No GPS. My 8320 Curve has no GPS, the Bold will fix this.
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