Android Casey on Blackberry -- Smartphone Round Robin

[caseychan]

A little late this week folks, my apologies!

Hey all! I'm Casey Chan from Android Central and I'm the lucky guy who gets to use Blackberry this week for the Smartphone Round Robin. Now I'm a big fan of Blackberry but still have some issues with the OS. Either way, I definitely have questions for you guys and if you answer, which I'm sure you will, you'll have a chance to win a free Blackberry!

1. What Blackberry do you use? And why did you go Blackberry?

2. Do you guys use two devices? If you do what is your other device? If you don't, what would your other device be?

3. If BBM was available to other smartphone platforms, would it be easier to jump ship? Or is the crack in more than just messaging?

4. I absolutely love the traditional Blackberry form factor and the keyboards are typically top notch, but don't you guys want a touchscreen too sometimes? Touchscreen makes web browsing so much better! (I am uber jealous of your optical trackpad though, that thing is awesome)

5. I always hear that the Bold 9700 is the perfect Blackberry device. I also hear that a better web browser, OpenGL, etc., all that refinement stuff is coming soon. So I guess, where does RIM go from this point? They've pretty much delivered the best Blackberry experience already. If by the end of the year you only get a more refined, better Blackberry, will you be happy with that? Or do you guys want dramatic change soon?

6. Are the outages driving you insane?

[simp_10]

A round robin entry!

[the one and only M]

5. I finally had a chance to play with the 9700 last week and it's definitely the best Blackberry IMO. I'd choose it over the iPhone if I were on AT&T.

[Izzy]

1.) Currently Blackberry less. Like the 9000 and storm series.

2.) I have used a blackberry with a iPhone and Windows mobile. Currently with my older windows mobile. Waiting for upgrade or winning one.

3.) I don't use BBM all that much.

4.) I like the both traditional and touchscreen blackberries.

5.) Better then 9700 would be faster and GB hard drives.

6.) Any kind of outages drive me crazy.

[DA6]

1. BB 9630, I need it for work. I use it and leave it in my desk when I go home.

2. I do. I use my Tour for work during work and my Droid for everything else.

3. Too late already jumped ship.

4. I do like the touch screen and hardware keyboard that is why I went droid.

5. BB needs a huge change in the OS. It's pretty boring as of now.

6. Yes. Outages suck.

[AndrewWestSide]

I've been waiting for this week to hear about BB from an Android perspective!

[TxMudSlngr]

1. Currently running a tour. Wanted to try something new and different.

2. Only use the one......unless you count the ipod touch.

3.BBM is great but not but not a deal maker or breaker for me. The crack just absorbs into the skin i think.

4.I love touch screens but i have a storm 2 and prefer that over any touch screen 1000000000%. Any other touch is now obsolete for me. Just switched from verizon to sprint so no more storm........boooooooooo!

5. The os is my primary complaint but it works. Hopefully this new setup that is coming will be a great improvement. I'm always looking for something new but as long as there are improvements i am satisfied. Ofcourse surprises are always welcomed, as long as it is not an outage.

6. Not yet.......but ask me again in 6 months.

[xs11e]

1. What Blackberry do you use? And why did you go Blackberry?

8330, wanted email.

2. Do you guys use two devices? If you do what is your other device? If you don't, what would your other device be?

No and none.

3. If BBM was available to other smartphone platforms, would it be easier to jump ship? Or is the crack in more than just messaging?

Don't use messaging.

4. I absolutely love the traditional Blackberry form factor and the keyboards are typically top notch, but don't you guys want a touchscreen too sometimes? Touchscreen makes web browsing so much better! (I am uber jealous of your optical trackpad though, that thing is awesome)

I want a touch screen as much as I want genital herpes. I had some touchscreen features on my Motorola V9M, I kept them disabled.

5. I always hear that the Bold 9700 is the perfect Blackberry device. I also hear that a better web browser, OpenGL, etc., all that refinement stuff is coming soon. So I guess, where does RIM go from this point? They've pretty much delivered the best Blackberry experience already. If by the end of the year you only get a more refined, better Blackberry, will you be happy with that? Or do you guys want dramatic change soon?

I liked the Bold 9700 when I had a chance to play with it, I'll keep my 8330.

6. Are the outages driving you insane?

What outages? I experienced one, just waited until it went away.

[FuzzyB]

1. I have a 8330 Curve and originally went to Blackberry because I'm a business owner and need to manage multiple email accounts.

2. I currently do not, but if so I'd probably grab a Storm2 or a Droid.

3. Much, Much more than just BBM

4. I love the QWERTY keyboard but am very intruiged by the touch screens. New technology is always a draw like a carrot out in front of a rabbit. And right now, the carrot is the touch screens.

5. I personally am very happy with my BB experience to date. The push email is 2nd to none and the qwerty keyboard makes it easy for me to send a lightning fast reply email to a client....If anything could be better it would be more apps that assist me with business and a better overall web browsing experience.

6. The outages suck, but really haven't effected me to bad....although the thought of another one scares the bejesus out of me.

[R1cE]

1. What Blackberry do you use? And why did you go Blackberry?

I use a 8900. I chose Blackberry because it was a messaging giant, and I wanted to be more connected than I used to be.

2. Do you guys use two devices? If you do what is your other device? If you don't, what would your other device be?

I dont use anything else. I use my blackberry and my Laptop. Lol

3. If BBM was available to other smartphone platforms, would it be easier to jump ship? Or is the crack in more than just messaging?

Nope. I need a physical keyboard, and RIM has the best physical keyboards (and touchscreen) IMO


4. I absolutely love the traditional Blackberry form factor and the keyboards are typically top notch, but don't you guys want a touchscreen too sometimes? Touchscreen makes web browsing so much better! (I am uber jealous of your optical trackpad though, that thing is awesome)

Only for webrowsing, but i want a keyboard (or surepress).

5. I always hear that the Bold 9700 is the perfect Blackberry device. I also hear that a better web browser, OpenGL, etc., all that refinement stuff is coming soon. So I guess, where does RIM go from this point? They've pretty much delivered the best Blackberry experience already. If by the end of the year you only get a more refined, better Blackberry, will you be happy with that? Or do you guys want dramatic change soon?

More refinement is good. I wouldnt mind some widgets thrown in.

6. Are the outages driving you insane?

nope

[jankyhanky]

1. 9700 is the best, but I play with a 9000 at work. Blackberries have the best keyboard and most utility.

2. Droid Eris. I love Android.

3. Yup.

4. I hardly use the touchscreen for web browsing on my Droid Eris. Trackball is just more accurate and requires less movement. On rare occasions I pinch zoom.

5. They need more memory. 256 mb is not enough system storage. Throwing in a 2 GB microSD doesn't help.

6. A day without e-mail isn't a huge loss, except when you sell phones for a living...

[gerudas11]

1. Storm2!!! I had the curve then storm1

2. I have a palm pre and an iphone that sits at home. I'm waiting on my moment and droid eris to come... also the new htc for sprint 2q that runs 2.1.

3. I would enjoy bbm on another smartphone but wouldn't make me completely jump ship... Once you go black you never go back. The crack is more than messaging!

4. I want a storm to have the trackpad... I don't know why but sometimes I don't wanna touch the screen when I'm being bored scrolling through stuff.

5. I just want some better apps thats really about it. I would love the iphone facebook app on my s2. Some better games would be nice... can't wait for flash either!

6. I don't really know the outages but they don't really bother me when they do I got another phone to use lol

[cain0013]

1. Storm2. I have been a BlackBerry user for many years, but I first started using one for the email and security features.

2. I have two Storm2's.

3. Nope. The crack is skin deep.

4. I've got a big, fat touch screen right here.

5. I want more. The more dramatic..........The better.

6. Yes. The outages suck.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[japhule]

1. Storm2. One of the reasons I went was because I wanted access to my email and my work supported blackberry. I also wanted a touch screen that wasn't an iPhone

2. I don't use devices. If I had one, it would most likely be an Android one.

3. It's not just BBM, I just feel more connected with my BB with contacts, email, sms, facebook, etc, with just how they all integrate with each other....

4. That's why I went with the touch screen storm2. I like having a nice large screen, I'm quite envious of the screens on the Droid and Nexus one though and hope the next storm would be similar.

5. I'd be pretty happy, but although RIM is adding new features, I just hope developers really make the most out of it and give us more quality apps and games. OpenGL is here and there's only 2 games out now for the Storm2 and only 1 is worth having (PBA Bowling 2). They also need to do something about expanding the application memory.

6. The outages haven't affected me too much. Many corporate users are not always affected by the BIS outages luckily due to our BBs being on BES...

[yaksha]

Originally Posted by caseychan

A little late this week folks, my apologies!

Hey all! I'm Casey Chan from Android Central and I'm the lucky guy who gets to use Blackberry this week for the Smartphone Round Robin. Now I'm a big fan of Blackberry but still have some issues with the OS. Either way, I definitely have questions for you guys and if you answer, which I'm sure you will, you'll have a chance to win a free Blackberry!

1. What Blackberry do you use? And why did you go Blackberry?

2. Do you guys use two devices? If you do what is your other device? If you don't, what would your other device be?

3. If BBM was available to other smartphone platforms, would it be easier to jump ship? Or is the crack in more than just messaging?

4. I absolutely love the traditional Blackberry form factor and the keyboards are typically top notch, but don't you guys want a touchscreen too sometimes? Touchscreen makes web browsing so much better! (I am uber jealous of your optical trackpad though, that thing is awesome)

5. I always hear that the Bold 9700 is the perfect Blackberry device. I also hear that a better web browser, OpenGL, etc., all that refinement stuff is coming soon. So I guess, where does RIM go from this point? They've pretty much delivered the best Blackberry experience already. If by the end of the year you only get a more refined, better Blackberry, will you be happy with that? Or do you guys want dramatic change soon?

6. Are the outages driving you insane?

1. 8330. I went BB because I was coming to vzw from sprint on a a900 and got really sick of not having a browser on the road as well as sick of using T9 on normal cells

2. If I had a second device it would probably be a storm2 (im waiting to upgrade to a tour2 on my 8330 therefor storm would be secondary device)

3. I wouldnt jump ship if BBM was on other phones that werent blackberries

4. The only touchscreen phone I have seen do absolute justice to what a touch screen should be is the iPhone until another phone rivals the quality of that screen and its user friendliness im sticking with a keyboarded phone like my BB (this is personal opinion)

5. Although I like refinements on a Blackberry RIM seems to fix things that will drive sales on the phone itself instead of keeping the current customers happy by fixing bugs, making improvements, changing from within. Kind of seems like the mentality of they already have us lets go get some more.

6. I havent had too much issues with any outages. Ive been too busy with work and school.