[TriLUG] Treo? Blackberry? Something Else?

[Allen Freeman]

I've got to go with the Blackberry here, if only from a durability  standpoint. I managed to lay down a motorcycle at 70mph (don't try this  at home, kids) with a blackberry on my hip and not only did the thing  survive the wreck (I used it to call EMS after a bystander retrieved it  from half a block down the road) it was in good enough condition that  my (then) employer reissued it to someone in the field when I left the  company. As far as I know it's still ticking along just fine a year and  a half later. 

Eric H Christensen <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net> wrote:  -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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I am a crackberhry user.  I gotta say that I love my BlackBerry.  It
allows me to IMAP to my e-mail, use popular IM programs (that some of my
coworkers use), and keep track of my calendar.

Eric




Andrew Perrin wrote:
> OK folks, I'm ready to take the plunge. I have never before had a cell
> phone, and I'm going to skip that technological stage and get something
> like a Treo.  I'm here begging for advice.
> 
> I would like a combination PDA/phone that lets me do email, telephone,
> and standard PDA stuff. I don't care much about web, but I suppose it's
> a nice plus. I'm used to PalmOS, but not wedded to it. Price is a
> factor, but by no means the only factor. The thing should definitely be
> able to do its thing without having to interact with Windows.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
> Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
> New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl
> 
> 
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