All those NOT switching to another device and staying loyal to BlackBerry tell us why
I'm reading numerous posts as to why people are switching from BlackBerry to another device. After reading so many posts of how old and tired BlackBerry is getting, I'm starting to wonder as well. As I played around with a few Android phones (Moto Droid & Incredible) I was pretty much ready to ditch my BlackBerry. The more I mess around with them, I'm starting to dislike some of their features. Those that switch claim that Android beats BlackBerry in every regards. For some reason I still like how my BlackBerry does things. I'm starting to wonder if all of the people that are bashing BlackBerry are those that enjoy watching YouTube videos, Social Networking, and browsing the Web. Other than that, BlackBerry beats them in all other categories to me.
Here are a few things that I truly love about my BlackBerry. I'm sure there's more.
What are some things that you truly enjoy about your BlackBerry?
• Calendar Invites (ability to invite calendar events to other BlackBerry users)
• BlackBerry Messenger (ability to tell if message was Delivered as well as being Read)
• Universal Copy and Paste throughout the device as well as 3rd party apps
• Remembers what Email address you use the most for certain people. You can always change to send from a different address if you choose.
• If you copy text, when you pull up the menu again it will default to paste.
• Mass Storage Mode (ability to plug your BlackBerry to a PC and use as an external hard drive). This is a must for me. Android phones offer this as well, but not the iPhone.
• Forward Contacts (ability to forward address book contacts to other BlackBerry users)
• Spell Check using DocsToGo Word To Go app. ( I don’t believe this featured is offered for the iPhone and Android versions)
• Activity Log (ability to view a detailed log of all calls and messages of each person in your address book)
• With the 3rd party QuickLaunch app, I’m able to create up to 78 shortcuts to apps, folders, websites, phone contacts, sms, PIN, Email, and files within 1-3 taps of letter combinations using the QWERTY keypad. This does not include the shortcuts that BlackBerry offer if you disable Dial-From-Homescreen. This by far is greater than the amount of shortcuts you can add to the 7 homescreens of the Incredible.
• Calendar Entry mode (ability to set the start and end times of events in the calendar). I was somewhat set on getting the Incredible until I tested this feature. The version on the Incredible is too slow for me. It looks nice, but too slow if you need to enter several calendar events at once.
• Provides up to 8 fields to be used for contact numbers. I tried this out on a few other phones. Some of them provided 1 contact field for #’s, but you were able to add additional fields. Too time consuming if you have several #’s to add.