A few months ago, I rushed to the airport for a visit to see my Father and didn't take my camera (s) with me. He was is the hospital and I wanted to visit with him. He had been ill for quite a while, so I spent a few days visiting him. On the last day of our visits, I wanted to take a picture of him, so my Mom scooted next to him and I used my Blackberry to take the picture. A few hours later I left him to go to the airport. Less than 48 hours later, my Father passed.

A few days later, we developed the picture and my Mom was very happy that we were able to capture that special moment.

So when people say, “Oh, my Blackberry camera isn't so good”, I say, buy a Blackberry Bold 9700. The camera is great!

Please feel free to relax as this note is coming your way with kudos and not bad news. I, for one, love my Blackberry. I once thought that I had found true love with the 7100g, but then the 8800 walked into my life and man, I was smitten.

The bulk of my work takes me across the ocean to a very dangerous and undeveloped country in West Africa. Hardwire communication is sporadic at best…that goes for not only land lines, but also for electricity on a whole. But by some weird quirk of fate, the cell systems seem to stay up and running 95 percent of the time AND this year one of them started to offer wireless data streams for the BB and I am here to tell you, my life has changed for the better.

For an increase in monthly billing of only $20.00 I get all the corporate email and websurfing that I can eat and eat I do. It’s a byte fest.

Thanks, I am niw in second by second touch with not only my business associates but my family. I can browse hometown websites and check out what’s happening back at the house from news to weather. It would be cool to stream, that would be the ultimate.

But keep at it guys, you are making my life much more tolerable and in so doing, keeping me more sane…I think?!?! Did I mention that I am in love with my BlackBerry?

Get er Done!

R.T.

Please feel free to relax as this note is coming your way with kudos and not bad news. I, for one, love my Blackberry. I once thought that I had found true love with the 7100g, but then the 8800 walked into my life and man, I was smitten.

The bulk of my work takes me across the ocean to a very dangerous and undeveloped country in West Africa. Hardwire communication is sporadic at best…that goes for not only land lines, but also for electricity on a whole. But by some weird quirk of fate, the cell systems seem to stay up and running 95 percent of the time AND this year one of them started to offer wireless data streams for the BB and I am here to tell you, my life has changed for the better.

For an increase in monthly billing of only $20.00 I get all the corporate email and websurfing that I can eat and eat I do. It’s a byte fest.

Thanks, I am niw in second by second touch with not only my business associates but my family. I can browse hometown websites and check out what’s happening back at the house from news to weather. It would be cool to stream, that would be the ultimate.

But keep at it guys, you are making my life much more tolerable and in so doing, keeping me more sane…I think?!?! Did I mention that I am in love with my BlackBerry?

Get er Done!

R.T.

Dawn

Dawn

I have been a long-time user of the Palm Treo. My first encounter with the Blackberry started with the 7200 series. At that time, I noted how reliable it was as a phone and email unit. Because it lacked the bells and whistles of the Treo (no camera, no expansion, lack of useful medical applications), I switched back to my Treo.

I played around with the BB8700, and again switched back to a Treo (650, then 680).

Then came the BB Pearl, which I felt is the first BB with such innovation that it made me leave the Treo…for good.

Now, I am using the BB Curve. I couldn’t wait for the next BB that will incorporate the coolness and usefulness of the Curve, but also has GPRS/Wifi.
You have come a long way, baby.

Anyway, my only gripe at this point in time is the lack of Office-like applications to read and edit Word/Powerpoint/Excel files. Sure, there is a horribly expensive but buggy application called eOffice but I would love to have a “Documents-To-Go” application that hopefully will be available, if not, built-into the BB OS.

Thank you again for your continued innovation.

DocGo

I have been a long-time user of the Palm Treo. My first encounter with the Blackberry started with the 7200 series. At that time, I noted how reliable it was as a phone and email unit. Because it lacked the bells and whistles of the Treo (no camera, no expansion, lack of useful medical applications), I switched back to my Treo.

I played around with the BB8700, and again switched back to a Treo (650, then 680).

Then came the BB Pearl, which I felt is the first BB with such innovation that it made me leave the Treo…for good.

Now, I am using the BB Curve. I couldn’t wait for the next BB that will incorporate the coolness and usefulness of the Curve, but also has GPRS/Wifi.
You have come a long way, baby.

Anyway, my only gripe at this point in time is the lack of Office-like applications to read and edit Word/Powerpoint/Excel files. Sure, there is a horribly expensive but buggy application called eOffice but I would love to have a “Documents-To-Go” application that hopefully will be available, if not, built-into the BB OS.

Thank you again for your continued innovation.

DocGo

I am a recent Palm to Blackberry convert, and there is not a day that goes by where I do not declare to the world how much I love my Blackberry.

I love the Blackberry for the following reasons:

1. Most importantly, it does not crash!
2. The operating system looks nicer.
3. It is slimmer and significantly lighter in weight.
4. I love how Googletalk and other current programs are intergrated.
5. I love how it is easily customisable, such as being able to create my own folders to keep my various applications, or the many options for notifications in profiles.
6. I can easily find a million great applications for the Blackberry.
7. I am thrilled by its integration with the holster.

But I wish that the Blackberry had the following:

1. A desktop manager for Mac users.
2. A touchscreen, because it makes scrolling or selecting points on the screen so much faster.
3. A wider selection of fonts.
4. Video recording on the camera.
5. A less noisy keypad – the click sounds from the plastic keys are really loud!
6. Wifi capability.

I am a recent Palm to Blackberry convert, and there is not a day that goes by where I do not declare to the world how much I love my Blackberry.

I love the Blackberry for the following reasons:

1. Most importantly, it does not crash!
2. The operating system looks nicer.
3. It is slimmer and significantly lighter in weight.
4. I love how Googletalk and other current programs are intergrated.
5. I love how it is easily customisable, such as being able to create my own folders to keep my various applications, or the many options for notifications in profiles.
6. I can easily find a million great applications for the Blackberry.
7. I am thrilled by its integration with the holster.

But I wish that the Blackberry had the following:

1. A desktop manager for Mac users.
2. A touchscreen, because it makes scrolling or selecting points on the screen so much faster.
3. A wider selection of fonts.
4. Video recording on the camera.
5. A less noisy keypad – the click sounds from the plastic keys are really loud!
6. Wifi capability.

If I had $0.01 for every time I said “its the icon to the right of the one with the clock on it” I’d be able to retire now..

If I had $0.01 for every time I said “its the icon to the right of the one with the clock on it” I’d be able to retire now..

I’m pleased to see that you are now bringing out devices that support WiFi, given that many competing marketplace products (HTC/Nokia) have done Wifi for a while.

What I don’t understand however is why the WiFi enabled handsets don’t appear to support SIP and only support UMA (based on info on various websites). With a large number of business deplyoing wifi internally and using SIP for the phone system, surely it makes sense to permit the BB to work via SIP and WiFi as an extension to the office phone system. OK so there are battery life issues, and yes mid-call handoff from SIP/Wifi to GSM is tricky, but I’d like to have just one device that works as a Blackberry, Mobile and Deskphone all rolled into one!

Whilst we know the carriers don’t really want it (look at Vodafone crippling the N95), the corporates do – and after all we’re driving the actual device demand.

I’m pleased to see that you are now bringing out devices that support WiFi, given that many competing marketplace products (HTC/Nokia) have done Wifi for a while.

What I don’t understand however is why the WiFi enabled handsets don’t appear to support SIP and only support UMA (based on info on various websites). With a large number of business deplyoing wifi internally and using SIP for the phone system, surely it makes sense to permit the BB to work via SIP and WiFi as an extension to the office phone system. OK so there are battery life issues, and yes mid-call handoff from SIP/Wifi to GSM is tricky, but I’d like to have just one device that works as a Blackberry, Mobile and Deskphone all rolled into one!

Whilst we know the carriers don’t really want it (look at Vodafone crippling the N95), the corporates do – and after all we’re driving the actual device demand.

I am a new BlackBerry convert who has been reading up about your company, your services and most of all your great phones. I have been using various Nokias and Sony Ericssons for the past 14 years, but will finally make the switch to you because of what I have learned about you and of your upcoming 8820.

Since I have read up on you, I am hoping that you are listening to your loyal followers and consider some constructive input that may help catapult your company and products into greater successful heights.

1. Please consider direct-selling your great phones. Unlocked and carrier-brand-free. Nokia and Sony Ericsson do. There are those of us willing to shell out the extra dollars just to be free to choose our carrier.

2. Please consider creating an 88xx, Curve or Pearl that features a Camera/Wi-Fi/GPS/Quad band GSM/3G HSDPA UMTS combo. It would be a big help for us travelers as we have less gadgets to carry, and I certainly would like my BlackBerry to be that one gadget that’s always with me.

3. Lastly, keep up the good work!

Your new customer and soon-to-be loyal fan,
Orlando

I am a new BlackBerry convert who has been reading up about your company, your services and most of all your great phones. I have been using various Nokias and Sony Ericssons for the past 14 years, but will finally make the switch to you because of what I have learned about you and of your upcoming 8820.

Since I have read up on you, I am hoping that you are listening to your loyal followers and consider some constructive input that may help catapult your company and products into greater successful heights.

1. Please consider direct-selling your great phones. Unlocked and carrier-brand-free. Nokia and Sony Ericsson do. There are those of us willing to shell out the extra dollars just to be free to choose our carrier.

2. Please consider creating an 88xx, Curve or Pearl that features a Camera/Wi-Fi/GPS/Quad band GSM/3G HSDPA UMTS combo. It would be a big help for us travelers as we have less gadgets to carry, and I certainly would like my BlackBerry to be that one gadget that’s always with me.

3. Lastly, keep up the good work!

Your new customer and soon-to-be loyal fan,
Orlando