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[theolodian]

I want to be able to check my work email when away from the computer.  I currently have a Nokia 6300.  I suppose there are ways to check email on it, but is it tolerable to do it that way?

How much is a Blackberry contract?  Is there pay as you go for these things?  What are other options?  Prefer not to get an iPhone.  This would likely be in addition to my current phone, would not use it as a phone unless it is as compact as the 6300.

Also can you turn off that pretentious 'sent from my Blackberry/iPhone' cr@p?

Cheers!

[nick v6]

dont know if this will be of any help to you

http://www.blackberry-phone.co.uk/

[theolodian]

dont know if this will be of any help to you

http://www.blackberry-phone.co.uk/

I'm still trying to decipher it.  Really difficult to figure out what the actual cost is.

[tunnie]

i too had a Nokia 6300, its a great 'phone phone' but it lacks features.

I have a Blackberry 8800 from work and its shite! It constantly crashes, its not user friendly.

Also are you pals with your IT dept? You will need a subscription to blackberrys servers as they actually push the mail down to the handsets, your exchange server basically sends it to them (RIM) and they forward it to the handset. I personally think their handsets are shite, the new touch screen one is bloody awful!

I now have an old HTC TyTn, which has been updated to use Windows Mobile 6, i find it excellent, it syncs directly with exchange at work, syncs all my contacts appointments and e-mails, looks same as outlook, you can easily set which folders to download, and file size limits.

It syncs either over 3G / GPRS / Wifi, it also supports direct push, so the instant you get a mail its pushed to your work PC and WM6 device.

It has a slide out full qwerty keyboard, easy to use, fast, i have Skype on it msn, supports picture messages, it does everything. I am also running TomTom on it.

The later TyTn II's have GPS built in, the new daddy is the HTC Touch Pro, which has a 3D engine capable CPU, allows 'gesters' on the touch screen, flicking and so on.

I would strongly look at the HTC Touch Pro  

[tunnie]

oh cost wise... its about £30 a month or so for the contract, but if you want RIM connection (which you do for mails) add another £15 or so!

Its ok if its provided by your company, but sucks for individual ownership

[STMO123]

oh cost wise... its about £30 a month or so for the contract, but if you want RIM connection (which you do for mails) add another £15 or so!

Its ok if its provided by your company, but sucks for individual ownership

Hmm...my wife cant wait to start her new job so she can get her hands on a blackberry. I reckon she's gonna be disappointed.

[theolodian]

Thanks Tunnie!

Another guy at work has the Blackberry software on his PC.  You have to leave the PC on.  My worry more is the costs like you said.

It would be ideal to just pop emails onto a Windows phone.  I'll look into that more.

[tunnie]

Thanks Tunnie!

Another guy at work has the Blackberry software on his PC.  You have to leave the PC on.  My worry more is the costs like you said.

It would be ideal to just pop emails onto a Windows phone.  I'll look into that more.

Thats the other option, which i believe is free, tbh i am not quite sure how it all works, Blackberrys just make everything so complicated, the GUI is just a nightmare.

The PC option i think means the PC always has to be on and send the mail on, the other option is 'BES' mention that to your IT Dept. Its the "Blackberry Enterprise Server' this software links exchange accounts to the handsets, its also worth remembering a company has to buy a license for every blackberry it uses on BES! Not sure who you work for, but the really big companies get Site licenses, but most just go for the packs (10 users/ 50 users) and so on.

[Kevin Wood]

Blackberry either poll your mail server for mails and push them to your phone (OK if your mail server is accessible from the internet, and your desktop isn't downloading the mails, no use for corporate mail unless your IT guys specifically support it) or they install an agent on your desktop machine which forwards mail to Blackberry.

Can't say I'm a fan of them myself and the user interface is very early'90's IMHO, but they're like Marmite.

6300 has a mail client built in. Never used it myself. However, if your mail server is corporate and not accessible from the internet without a VPN, etc. you'll be out of luck.

Kevin

[Marks DTM Calib]

I am currently trialing a system at work for pushing email to a standard phone with flash support (an SE K800 in my case).....works VERY well!

[Bandit127]

Been using them for about 5 years and I wouldn't use anything else now.

Mostly, they are a phone. And they do it well. You can have a conference call round the speakerphone if you want, for example.

Secondly, they are a messaging device. And the QWERTY keyboard workls a treat IMO. Despite it workng with work's Exchange server, email gets to the BB before my laptop, every time.

Lastly, robust. Mine gets a reasonably tough time and it's wearing much better than any Nokia I've had.

[Jay w]

i have used a 8800, 8100, currently i have a bold and a storm.....

All of them have been 100% reliable, never crashed and have proved to be a godsend.

Orange charge me £2 a month for BIS and unlimited data.....

TBH i wouldn't have anything else

I have had a TYTN II, constantly crashed and the GPS was useless, that was the nail in the coffin for me and windows devices

[r1]

8100 no proplems

[Leomas]

Recently upgraded from my 8800 to a Bold and as happy as I was with the old one, I aqm even more happy with the new one. I use a BES server to route mail from my Domino/Notes server to my Bold and it works very well. As mentioned above, the mail routes through very rapidly.
If it is for work email then only the IT bods can do this for you and most places will only hook in work supplied kit.

[BigAl]

I want to be able to check my work email when away from the computer.  I currently have a Nokia 6300.  I suppose there are ways to check email on it, but is it tolerable to do it that way?

How much is a Blackberry contract?

My understanding is something like this has to be driven from you're IT dept. unless you set up rules to forward mail to the email address of your handset