What makes Blackberry so special

iMav · 06-05-2008, 11:37 PM

As the title says, i know about push email, other than that is there any major difference between the BBs and other fones, let's a HP fone & a nokia fone?

also i'm aware of the govt. vs BB battle, so stick to the question please

thank you.

desiibond · 06-05-2008, 11:57 PM

Yes. The blackberry wireless e-mail is the reason for the success. It's very fast, stable (not that much recently), tie up with lot of corporates.
Blackberry Enterprise Server package is very famous in USA.

wiki says :
BES can act as a sort of e-mail relay for corporate accounts so that users always have access to their e-mail. The software monitors the user's local "inbox", and when a new message comes in, it picks up the message and passes it to RIM's Network Operations Center (NOC). The messages are then relayed to the user's wireless provider, which in turn delivers them to the user's BlackBerry device.

One thing that I can say for sure is that nobody else is able to provide better alternative to this and hence Blackberry is still the largest manufaturer of PDA phone in USA.

more info :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry

BBThumbHealer · 07-05-2008, 04:36 PM

BlackBerries have the ability of sending mail faster than the capabilities of Yahoo , Gmail etc.... The Internet experience is blazing fast than rest of the lot ...
U can get BB Connect over HP , Nokia and SE phones but they aren't successful for push email ( i tried on the Nokia 9500 )

Pathik · 07-05-2008, 06:00 PM

BB's Push email is blazing fast.

dhanusaud · 07-05-2008, 07:37 PM

yeah, email is the only reason...to make blkberi so special. no more things are gud enough there.

Tech.Masti · 08-05-2008, 02:31 AM

only for mail, no other reason???
what is the OS?? can we use that phone OS like symbian or linux??

desiibond · 08-05-2008, 09:43 AM

It's not at all worthy to use Blackberry in India. It's pure business class email phone.

BTW, they are now releasing a flip-open style blackberry targetting multimedia enthusiasts.

and yes, Blackberry is for email and internet. Nothing else.

enticer86 · 08-05-2008, 10:06 AM

Actually BB might be a business segment fone, but it DOES make a cool statement too. Don't you guys agree?

Offtopic: whats the cost of cheapest BB available in India? I heard one of the models sells for Rs.6k or so.

iMav · 08-05-2008, 10:24 AM

Thanks a ton for the reply guys and yeah enticer that's the reason why dad asked me to inquire about it

BBThumbHealer · 08-05-2008, 12:13 PM

BB Curve is statement for Style & Business .... The 6K model is 7130g and 11K model is 7100g .... Believe me , if u ppl choose BB once , u won't afford to leave that in for another phone !

BB Curve has all the features of that present in a multimedia phone .... also , u get handy business phone features as well !

Curve has the model no. 8310.... BB Pearl has model no. 8120 !

The former retails for 24999/- and the latter for Rs. 21999/-

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Originally Posted by Tech.Masti

only for mail, no other reason???
what is the OS?? can we use that phone OS like symbian or linux??

RIM has its own platform .... it plans to integrate the SAP OS in its upcoming devices !

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Originally Posted by desiibond

BTW, they are now releasing a flip-open style blackberry targetting multimedia enthusiasts.

Don't know abt that .. Acc. to sources , the next in line of the series is the 9xxx model ... It is known as the iPhone Killer !

enticer86 · 08-05-2008, 12:19 PM

7130g @ 6k
Basically at 6k, i'd prefer BB to any other fone- its a statement in itself, not only for businessmen but also for students!

BBThumbHealer · 08-05-2008, 12:23 PM

But 7130g doesn't boasts of many features ...

desiibond · 08-05-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BBThumbHealer

BB Curve is statement for Style & Business .... The 6K model is 7130g and 11K model is 7100g .... Believe me , if u ppl choose BB once , u won't afford to leave that in for another phone !

BB Curve has all the features of that present in a multimedia phone .... also , u get handy business phone features as well !

Curve has the model no. 8310.... BB Pearl has model no. 8120 !

The former retails for 24999/- and the latter for Rs. 21999/-

RIM has its own platform .... it plans to integrate the SAP OS in its upcoming devices !

Don't know abt that .. Acc. to sources , the next in line of the series is the 9xxx model ... It is known as the iPhone Killer !

yep. It's name is Blackberry kickstart

BBThumbHealer · 08-05-2008, 01:48 PM

Here Are The Kickstart Images ::

BlackBerry iPhone Killer is known as the BlackBerry STORM !

It will be added later to the 9000 Series ... Specs are awaited till now ! But i can confirm the following ::

624MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor ( Faster than iPhone's 620MHz ARM 1173 processor )
Full Touch interface
3G , GPS, WiFi, HSDPA
3.2 MP Camera With Xenon Flash
480 x 320 resolution screen
1GB onboard memory

Here are the pics of the latest BB 9000 ::

Time for me to upgrade from the 8310 Curve !

nikhilpai · 08-05-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BBThumbHealer

BlackBerries have the ability of sending mail faster than the capabilities of Yahoo , Gmail etc.... The Internet experience is blazing fast than rest of the lot ...
U can get BB Connect over HP , Nokia and SE phones but they aren't successful for push email ( i tried on the Nokia 9500 )

BB over Nokia or SE phones should give u the same push mail experience as on a Blackberry handset. Works amazingly well on the Nokia E61i atleast AFAIK.

BBThumbHealer · 08-05-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nikeel

BB over Nokia or SE phones should give u the same push mail experience as on a Blackberry handset.

Not in all cases .. even the operators and handset makers confirm this.

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Originally Posted by nikeel

Works amazingly well on the Nokia E61i atleast AFAIK.

Mine experience was quite bad with the 9500 .... The Nokia phone was unable to get the signals when BB Connect was enforced !

x3060 · 10-05-2008, 01:12 AM

yes BB a very good business phone . . you cant complain about it.

BBThumbHealer · 10-05-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by x3060

yes BB a very good business phone . .

the newer BB's handle the youth preferences very well too !

oval_man · 10-05-2008, 05:16 PM

Blackberry - can read eMails only in TEXT format NOT in HTML? Looks horrible to see only words & links..!!

swordfish · 10-05-2008, 05:29 PM

BB is crap except emails..

BBThumbHealer · 10-05-2008, 07:41 PM

^ u shud point out the negatives rather than just reporting !

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Originally Posted by oval_man

Blackberry - can read eMails only in TEXT format NOT in HTML? Looks horrible to see only words & links..!!

This is not the case .. it can read in HTML as well !

swordfish · 10-05-2008, 07:43 PM

^^ I dont like the looks of BB. mainly full querty keyboard.. tht makes it wider and unconfortable to hold

dheeraj_kumar · 10-05-2008, 08:42 PM

Looks are one thing... but have you tried holding it? it feels quite okay to hold it. not uncomfy or anything.

enticer86 · 10-05-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by swordfish

BB is crap except emails..

Wtf man.. only a school going kid can comment lik that. BB is more abt professionalism yaar

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Originally Posted by swordfish

^^ I dont like the looks of BB. mainly full querty keyboard.. tht makes it wider and unconfortable to hold

Its nothing of the sort. And ur posts are contradictory

BBThumbHealer · 11-05-2008, 12:15 PM

@ Swordfish , have u ever used a BB ... if not, then atleast get ur hands on the BlackBerry Pearl .. it will finish ur crappiness abt the handheld !

^ That's y i askd him to report the negatives ... At last ,thread concludes to

BlackBerry is Special !

enticer86 · 11-05-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BBThumbHealer

@ Swordfish , have u ever used a BB ... if not, then atleast get ur hands on the BlackBerry Pearl .. it will finish ur crappiness abt the handheld !

^ That's y i askd him to report the negatives ... At last ,thread concludes to

BlackBerry is Special !

Yeah, another conclusion?
bandar kya jaane adrak ka swad!

NiluGeek · 11-05-2008, 02:07 PM

Hello friends,

When is 9xxx series releasing in india and wht culd be the price and is BB Internet service really fast in india in mumbai i m thinking of purchasing it just for net and email

Thank you