I have an 8830 "world edition" blackberry smartphone from Verizon wireless and I have to note a few things I wish could be improved.
* There's a GPS built into the device, but VZ disabled it so you can't use it because Verizon wants you to pay an extra $20/month for their Navigation service. That stinks.
* The 8830 seems to have a severe memory management problem, dumping txts and email, phone and call logs without warning, a few times a week.
* Having no camera is bad enough, but not able to receive Picture messages without using the web browser is kinda dumb.
* Other devices allow YouTube and streaming video/audio but not so on the 8830, presumably so you'll sign up for "vCast".
* More of an "I wish" for Verizon itself, the fact that I can't use just the data plan (or the phone+texting without data plan is pretty ludicrous. Its just money, after all, but while going with Verizon may mean great cellular service (reception) it also means a hefty bite from your wallet each month.
Hopefully, Verizon won't leave 8830 users behind as they roll out software for the Pearl, Storm and other new Blackberries.
April 18, 2009
April 06, 2009
Will the Super-IM App for Blackberry Please Stand?
My Blackberry does some amazing things.
Really.
I've said before that it's the fastest, most reliable, and most versatile handheld communication tool I have ever used.
Combined with Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange, and the mind becomes dizzy in hyper-connected communicado geekness.
Windows Mobile bites. (Really). Palm is out of the limelight. iPhone is sexy, sure, but its best for music, movies, games, finding where you parked, or calculating the tip.
When it comes to mobile productivity, Blackberry isn't as hot as Apple's favorite beauty-queen daughter (iPhone). It's more like a homely, plain worker who knows how to work, and simply gets it right, all the time.
But, there's still one area GLARING for attention: COMBINED, SIMPLE INSTANT MESSAGING.
Blackberry already has I.M. apps both for their own BB Messenger and look-alikes for Yahoo, MSN, Gtalk and others. But the age-old dilemma still exists when trying to live simultaneously on multiple messenger networks (let alone if you have multiple logins for one network thanks to multiple business/professional connections).
The only ways to login in several places requires shady, 3rd party app downloads where bugs & errors run rampant, and you cross your fingers that the russian text you read on the author's website didn't translate to "Whitepaper: How to steal everything sacred from dumb blackberry users."
Here is my plea, Blackberry: You kill at communication apps. Srsly. Every productivity hack knows this. When will you go the last mile and give us an instant messenger client that works across multiple networks, with one installation? I have many email addresses and txt/pin messages that all show up under one inbox... Is this too different?
If you won't do it, please tell me when somebody does!
Really.
I've said before that it's the fastest, most reliable, and most versatile handheld communication tool I have ever used.
Combined with Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange, and the mind becomes dizzy in hyper-connected communicado geekness.
Windows Mobile bites. (Really). Palm is out of the limelight. iPhone is sexy, sure, but its best for music, movies, games, finding where you parked, or calculating the tip.
When it comes to mobile productivity, Blackberry isn't as hot as Apple's favorite beauty-queen daughter (iPhone). It's more like a homely, plain worker who knows how to work, and simply gets it right, all the time.
But, there's still one area GLARING for attention: COMBINED, SIMPLE INSTANT MESSAGING.
Blackberry already has I.M. apps both for their own BB Messenger and look-alikes for Yahoo, MSN, Gtalk and others. But the age-old dilemma still exists when trying to live simultaneously on multiple messenger networks (let alone if you have multiple logins for one network thanks to multiple business/professional connections).
The only ways to login in several places requires shady, 3rd party app downloads where bugs & errors run rampant, and you cross your fingers that the russian text you read on the author's website didn't translate to "Whitepaper: How to steal everything sacred from dumb blackberry users."
Here is my plea, Blackberry: You kill at communication apps. Srsly. Every productivity hack knows this. When will you go the last mile and give us an instant messenger client that works across multiple networks, with one installation? I have many email addresses and txt/pin messages that all show up under one inbox... Is this too different?
If you won't do it, please tell me when somebody does!
April 05, 2009
Your Only Purpose
Left to itself, a grape plant will always favor new growth over more grapes.
That's why the vinedresser cuts away unnecessary shoots, no matter how vigorous...
Because a vineyard's only purpose is... Grapes.
[Secrets of the Vine, p. 59]
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