Comments on: Getting The Most: Steven From Bagdan Consulting http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/04/27/getting-the-most-steve-from-bagdan-consulting/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Alexander B. Scoble http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/04/27/getting-the-most-steve-from-bagdan-consulting/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Alexander B. Scoble Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:00:14 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/04/27/00394/#comment-391 I can't recommend the 7290 or the 7100 at all after testing them out. Reception on the quad band phones is much poorer than with the tri-band devices like the 7730. I've found that the 7290 and the 7100 really have a hard time finding new networks from within a building. If you can't provision the device from anywhere in your office building, what's the point? Yes, it has Bluetooth, twice the memory, the two step backlight system (press backlight button once and backlighting is dim, press it again and backlighting is much brighter), but the reception problems outweigh, at least in my mind, any benefits that you gain from the additional features. I can’t recommend the 7290 or the 7100 at all after testing them out. Reception on the quad band phones is much poorer than with the tri-band devices like the 7730.

I’ve found that the 7290 and the 7100 really have a hard time finding new networks from within a building. If you can’t provision the device from anywhere in your office building, what’s the point?

Yes, it has Bluetooth, twice the memory, the two step backlight system (press backlight button once and backlighting is dim, press it again and backlighting is much brighter), but the reception problems outweigh, at least in my mind, any benefits that you gain from the additional features.

]]> By: Alexander B. Scoble http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/04/27/getting-the-most-steve-from-bagdan-consulting/comment-page-1/#comment-479776 Alexander B. Scoble Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/04/27/00394/#comment-479776 I can't recommend the 7290 or the 7100 at all after testing them out. Reception on the quad band phones is much poorer than with the tri-band devices like the 7730. I've found that the 7290 and the 7100 really have a hard time finding new networks from within a building. If you can't provision the device from anywhere in your office building, what's the point? Yes, it has Bluetooth, twice the memory, the two step backlight system (press backlight button once and backlighting is dim, press it again and backlighting is much brighter), but the reception problems outweigh, at least in my mind, any benefits that you gain from the additional features. I can’t recommend the 7290 or the 7100 at all after testing them out. Reception on the quad band phones is much poorer than with the tri-band devices like the 7730.

I’ve found that the 7290 and the 7100 really have a hard time finding new networks from within a building. If you can’t provision the device from anywhere in your office building, what’s the point?

Yes, it has Bluetooth, twice the memory, the two step backlight system (press backlight button once and backlighting is dim, press it again and backlighting is much brighter), but the reception problems outweigh, at least in my mind, any benefits that you gain from the additional features.

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