My typically overly long review of the Classic, lol.
- So, after a good week of using the phone, I've finally sat down to write a review for it. And this is the reason why I don't write professionally, I tend to write way too much, lol. Anyway, I posted it as a review on Amazon, so I'll just link it here. And to be clear, even though I gave it a 5 star rating, I would actually give it 4/5 because of it having 3 year-old hardware, but for the sake of the sales of the device on Amazon, I always give the phones I review (as long as it's one I like) 5 stars to kind of off-set the trolls that post 1-star reviews who never even bought or tried the device:
Amazon.com: Demon_Mustang's review of BlackBerry Classic Smartphone - Factory Un...12-30-14 02:21 AMLike 25 - I skip this year and in autumn I will invest in new devices. Sow till then maybe they will produce a improved passport or a 2015 classic one. If not one of them iPhone 6 write on me.12-30-14 04:13 AMLike 0
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- Awesome, can't wait to get my hands on a classic after the new year. Slagman, you talked about blend in your review, I have a couple of quick questiosn about text messages/Blend that may be more for a BB10 forum but since they're about the classic and you're usually quick to respond so I'll ask them here.
Currently on iPhone, if my cell service is bad, iMessages still go through via wifi, and both iMessage and SMS, as well as phone calls, can now be transmitted over wifi on OSX Yosemite. Does blend allow the classic to send messages over wifi from the phone, just from blend on a Mac or PC, or both?
Also, how do you find long texts coming in to classic/BB10, especially from iOS users? iPhone to SMS can get really wonky, wondering if BB10/Classic is good at both sending and receiving longer texts correctly... Of course, BBM solves this problem, but I don't seem to know a lot of iOS friends with BBM...
Lastly, do you use any android messaging apps (GroupMe!?) on your classic? If so, can those be incorporated into Blend? What level of configuration do notifications from android messaging apps (GroupMe!?) have relative to all of the notification options from your review, i.e. vibrate, LED, sounds, etc.?
Thanks!12-30-14 08:39 AMLike 0 - Awesome, can't wait to get my hands on a classic after the new year. Slagman, you talked about blend in your review, I have a couple of quick questiosn about text messages/Blend that may be more for a BB10 forum but since they're about the classic and you're usually quick to respond so I'll ask them here.
Currently on iPhone, if my cell service is bad, iMessages still go through via wifi, and both iMessage and SMS, as well as phone calls, can now be transmitted over wifi on OSX Yosemite. Does blend allow the classic to send messages over wifi from the phone, just from blend on a Mac or PC, or both?
Also, how do you find long texts coming in to classic/BB10, especially from iOS users? iPhone to SMS can get really wonky, wondering if BB10/Classic is good at both sending and receiving longer texts correctly... Of course, BBM solves this problem, but I don't seem to know a lot of iOS friends with BBM...
Lastly, do you use any android messaging apps (GroupMe!?) on your classic? If so, can those be incorporated into Blend? What level of configuration do notifications from android messaging apps (GroupMe!?) have relative to all of the notification options from your review, i.e. vibrate, LED, sounds, etc.?
Thanks!
I have a few friends on iOS, but haven't noticed anything odd about their texts yet, but don't think I've received anything really long or anything. I'll keep an eye out for that though.
And no, Blend does not receive messages from any third party apps. I don't use any, but I'm pretty sure because it doesn't even show the facebook notifications. Right now it is just texts, mms, and emails. I don't know if more features would be added in the future or what, this is still a very early version of it.
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1012-30-14 09:51 AMLike 0 - Hey, first, with the messages over wifi, if you're asking if your computer can send messages instead of your phone over the network? I know for a fact Blend does nothing locally on your computer (or whatever device you're using to connect to Blend). Everything is done through the phone, and that is for security reasons. So unless BB10 allows for sending messages over wifi, then it wouldn't do it. And I'm not sure about that.
I have a few friends on iOS, but haven't noticed anything odd about their texts yet, but don't think I've received anything really long or anything. I'll keep an eye out for that though.
And no, Blend does not receive messages from any third party apps. I don't use any, but I'm pretty sure because it doesn't even show the facebook notifications. Right now it is just texts, mms, and emails. I don't know if more features would be added in the future or what, this is still a very early version of it.
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Posted via 10.3.1jojo beaconsfield likes this.12-30-14 09:54 AMLike 1 - Noticed this review earlier on amazon, and I was thinking, 'this guy has gotta be a crackberry user."
Nice review. In depth and I enjoy reading personal opinions rather than logical facts and assumptions that people regurgitate to sound more legit.
Posted via CB10neoberry99 likes this.12-30-14 09:56 AMLike 1 - Hey, first, with the messages over wifi, if you're asking if your computer can send messages instead of your phone over the network? I know for a fact Blend does nothing locally on your computer (or whatever device you're using to connect to Blend). Everything is done through the phone, and that is for security reasons. So unless BB10 allows for sending messages over wifi, then it wouldn't do it. And I'm not sure about that.
I have a few friends on iOS, but haven't noticed anything odd about their texts yet, but don't think I've received anything really long or anything. I'll keep an eye out for that though.
And no, Blend does not receive messages from any third party apps. I don't use any, but I'm pretty sure because it doesn't even show the facebook notifications. Right now it is just texts, mms, and emails. I don't know if more features would be added in the future or what, this is still a very early version of it.
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And yes, wondering if sms/mms can be sent over wifi with BB10 or if it still has to go through a cellular data network. Again, Yosemite allows you to send both iMessage and plain sms so I'm guessing the technology is there....? Maybe just wishful thinking.
Sorry, I meant to ask if third party messaging apps (or other apps) got notifications in the hub, not on blend, and whether you could customize those notifications like you could with native apps.12-30-14 10:53 AMLike 0 - Thanks, big clarification on blend there, that's really helpful. So in other words, if your phone is powered down or has no service (wifi/cellular), you won't get anything on blend?
And yes, wondering if sms/mms can be sent over wifi with BB10 or if it still has to go through a cellular data network. Again, Yosemite allows you to send both iMessage and plain sms so I'm guessing the technology is there....? Maybe just wishful thinking.
Sorry, I meant to ask if third party messaging apps (or other apps) got notifications in the hub, not on blend, and whether you could customize those notifications like you could with native apps.
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1012-30-14 12:41 PMLike 0 - It's not that they are not capable of it, it was a conscious decision to not allow that for security reasons. Remember that enterprise is a big part of BB, so knowing that even if using Blend on a personal computer with a secured device all of the communication is only through the secured device rather than being performed on the unsecured computer, makes it easier for enterprise customers to accept.
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Posted via CB1012-30-14 03:07 PMLike 0 - I really wish they could / would make 3rd party apps integrated but I can accept it if they didn't.
I got my girl to download bbm on her iPhone and we use it all the time. The rest are in what's app or text. It would be pretty great if they could make that happen.
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Posted via CB1012-30-14 03:08 PMLike 0 - I always enjoy your knowledgeable and well-informed posts here on Crackberry and you've aced the review on Amazon as well. You've made me remember what I loved about my 9900. I got the passport now, which is great, but the addition of the toolbelt weighs a lot more than the bigger screen and higher specs. Can't wait to have this baby in my hands, I wonder if I'll ever use my Passport afterwards. Thanks Slagman5!
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