Yes, I now have a Blackberry and an IPhone.
It’s kind of a sore spot, but basically I picked up my IPhone (with 2-year, heavily data-bundled contract) less than 24 hours before work asked me if I wanted a company BlackBerry. Doh. I actually resisted the idea of having 2 phones for some time, before business travel became prominent and having the company phone started to make sense.
Having the 2 phones hasn’t been too much of a hassle, and it’s been nice to lend the IPhone out to family and friends when they come to visit from Canada. When it’s not on loan, I mostly use the IPhone as an IPod during the weekdays to watch/listen to podcasts on the bus and sometimes surf the net. I always use the IPhone on weekends and on road trips for music, maps, and GPS.
It seems the BlackBerry can do all of that as well. The UI is much less user friendly, but much more option rich. I don’t want to make the Microsoft/Apple comparison, because I have been really impressed with the BlackBerry even though the menus are endless and more difficult to navigate.
The BlackBerry is extremely reliable. Where the IPhone trips up every now and again, requiring a read up on the latest bugs/updates/workarounds, the BlackBerry is always solid. And while generally I prefer software that doesn’t make me worry about configuration, the countless configuration possibilities have come in handy. For example, setting ring tone, vibrate, and volume settings for every possible type of notification is very useful, because I can make the different notifications very distinct. I also must admit that having a real keypad is much nicer for drafting emails. It makes it a nice fit for business, and for that reason using the BlackBerry for work and the IPhone for pleasure has been handy.
One annoyance I’ve had is the BlackBerry’s strange habit of turning itself completely off every so often. The only way to restart the phone is to pull and replace the battery. I’m sure there is a solution somewhere, but I haven’t taken the time to check.
All in all, it’s a good phone for business. I suspect the newer touch models are getting closer to the ’1 device fit for both business and fun’, but the 8310 is not there (I’m sure most employers prefer it that way as well).
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