Advantages of moving TO Blackberry?

My old vintage-2002 phone is getting close to giving up it's ghost so it's time to move to something else and being a geek working in the tech industry have been seriously thinking about finally using something really cool and high tech. I'm with a smaller carrier... uses Sprint network so coverage etc. is pretty good... have NEVER had a complaint about that... and would kind of like to stay with them, but they don't offer that many hardware options. If I go the smartphone route my nature would tend to gravitate me towards Android, but all the carrier offers is (at the moment) is BB. They HAD 1 Windows Mobile device a week ago but apparently have discontinued it this week <g>. ..., and given that I am NOT a serious business-type (8 hours a day at my desk is usually quite enough time spent looking at work stuff, thank you) why do I want to jump into my first smartphone via Blackberry in this day and age?

Come one people, proselytize me!

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I suggest you go to the thread Reed posted for you ;)

I guess it depends on what you want from a phone. The Blackberry's strength is push e-mail and since you don't seem to be interested in that, I'm not sure it would be the right choice for you. I suppose if you did a lot of texting or IMing, a QWERTY keyboard would be useful, but that isn't unique to the Blackberry. If you had several other friends who used BB's, you could communicate via PIN which would cut down on the number of texts you could potentially be charged with.

So (to quote Mr Morden) "What do you want" (from a cellphone, that is)

If you are with Sprint, I would wait till that new EVO phone comes out that is supposed to be killer.

I know that don't help you in deciding what phone to get for a BB, but if I was on Sprint I would get that as I believe it will be 4g and a killer phone.

I love my 9700, but that might be a phone I would be willing to give up my trusty 9700.

If the small carrier you're using is using Sprint's network, then reason would dictate that any Sprint CDMA handset should work as well. That being said, Sprint has Android devices. Maybe look there or pick up a used one if you don't want to spen full money. If Sprint's network coverage works for you, then you may even consider moving to Sprint and forgoing the small reseller carrier... as long as the price plans don't change to negatively affect your financial means.

Don't get stuck with the fact that you must get a BB because that's all your small carrier sells.

From my opinion, feature for feature and capability for capability, Android currently offers a few more pluses then Blackberry does.

Originally Posted by rhoads00

I suggest you go to the thread Reed posted for you ;)

Thanks. I had seen that thread, but as the first part of it seemed to be more concerned with issues of market share and marketing it didn't seem to be really addressing what I'm hoping to learn. I've looked at it further and there is some useful stuff in there.

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Originally Posted by BoldtotheMax

If you are with Sprint, I would wait till that new EVO phone comes out that is supposed to be killer.

I know that don't help you in deciding what phone to get for a BB, but if I was on Sprint I would get that as I believe it will be 4g and a killer phone.

I love my 9700, but that might be a phone I would be willing to give up my trusty 9700.

Do you know how many cities we DON'T have 4G in?

Sprint has a few good phones. The Tour isn't bad but the Tour 2 should be coming out soon. Which regional carrier is it? I know there is one (forget the name at the moment) that dominates western Kansas. (NexTech?) I'm just curious.

That said each platform has it's perks and negatives. Blackberrys get better battery life which I love.

Originally Posted by JRSCCivic98

If the small carrier you're using is using Sprint's network, then reason would dictate that any Sprint CDMA handset should work as well. That being said, Sprint has Android devices.

Well, that's what I had thought and hoped, but their C.S. says no. I guess that makes them 'locked'. If I want to go with something else I need to jump carriers I guess. I don't have a contract, so that's not odious. I'd just prefer not to.

Originally Posted by JRSCCivic98

Don't get stuck with the fact that you must get a BB because that's all your small carrier sells.

From my opinion, feature for feature and capability for capability, Android currently offers a few more pluses then Blackberry does.

That's the way it seems from my perspective, as a late-adopter. Plus, I really like the fact that Android (or even Symbian, for that are matter) is open. Not fond of closed and proprietary platforms.

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