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Started a new job this week and there are seven people that use BlackBerrys.
Here is what I discovered and assisted with.
1) Color of LED: One of my staff asked how did I get my light to flash green.
I explained BeBuzz, PimpMyMail, Blink, SmartAlerts, etc. The rest of the staff
was majorly impressed by this.
2) Not one of these people knew they could access Twitter, Facebook, etc
from their phone.
3) Not one person realized they could use their phone as a multimedia device.
I don't (BB sucks for this IMO) but they were astounded.
4) None of them knew how to check their memory. I got that squared away.
5) Four users had know idea what model phone they had. At just a glance
I knew.
6) None of them knew what an OS was and what they were on. I spent
the bulk of yesterday upgrading OSs
7) Half of them did not know they had a memory card and when pointed out
they had no idea what to do with it.
8) Not one of these people ever used or even knew what BBM was. They are
all in each others contact lists now.
9) 3 never got an email on their device because they did NOT KNOW you
could (This shocked me)
10) None of them knew about themes (several are very happy) and no one
had a 3rd party app installed (here I created a monster, I think
)
Needless to say thanks to what I have learned here I will be getting them
squared away (when free) but how on Earth have these folks existed this
way for almost 2 years?08-05-10 11:08 PM - I understand completely Ken! You're lucky they want to learn. Most of my coworkers "Just want a Phone!" Used to drive me nuts, but now a couple of them and I have our own group and ignore the others. They do get jealous sometimes because mine is a personal device without the Websense App blocking their every move.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-05-10 11:16 PM - No, actually I am the oldest person. All but 2 of my staff is over 30
Not the companies fault. We are not on a BES (this will change.) These are
personally purchased devices. I did speak to the CEO about doing a one day
BlackBerry in-service. That got approved before I could take a seat
08-05-10 11:19 PM - Mike, when I went through the 50+ apps on my phone, what they do and whyI understand completely Ken! You're lucky they want to learn. Most of my coworkers "Just want a Phone!" Used to drive me nuts, but now a couple of them and I have our own group and ignore the others. They do get jealous sometimes because mine is a personal device without the Websense App blocking their every move.
I need them my boss was sold. She dropped about $100 on apps before lunch.
You'd think she has a brand new phone
It's actually cool getting people excited about the platform and they certainly
seem willing.08-05-10 11:24 PM - Ah I see. Maybe when you guys get BES, they will hire you to show the employees the way of the berry.Not the companies fault. We are not on a BES (this will change.) These are
personally purchased devices. I did speak to the CEO about doing a one day
BlackBerry in-service. That got approved before I could take a seat if that's your cup of tea08-05-10 11:27 PM - Laura, two and a half years ago when I bought my 8100 the clerk wrote this I have a friend who is a Network Administrator and BES Administrator. When I told him I got a BlackBerry, the first thing he told me was to join here.
site down and said one word: REGISTER!
The rest is history.08-05-10 11:41 PM
