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Summary: Love it!
Review: Love it. (but we have At&t service-maybe the other reviewer has t-mobile and that is why they have had problems)
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Summary: Think about it no more
Review: Make no mistake, this is the best portable e-mail device you will ever find. T-mobile is absolutely great. I have ahd several PDAS and phones but this is by far the best. If you want immediate access to e-mails without any extra work or hassle this has to be your choice.
Easy to use as it is absolutely intuitive.
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Summary: Check T-Mobile coverage at your home/office
Review: My zip code "passed" the zip code test for T-mobile coverage, but when I got the phone there was zero signal at my house. I called them and they looked up my home address and said yes, they show a dead zone in my area. They were very nice about terminating since well within trial period, and then I had to return to Amazon. BUT HEY - they had my home shipping address in order to open the account and ship the phone to me!!!! If T-Mobile has a database that shows specific dead zones, wouldn't it make sense that most people expect their Blackberry to work at home? So, my advice if you know you are in an area that has spotty coverage for some carriers is to call BEFORE you order. I called AT&T to try to verify with them, but they don't have a map that goes below zip level. Maybe that's because they really have full coverage??? I'll know in another week.
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Summary: Love the new Blackberry 7230
Review: PRO's:
I really like this baby! Does almost everything I would need it to do while being away from my home computer. I like that it is color and it's small size. Fairly easy to learn. Con's: No Speakerphone! That would be great! No adjustment for screen contrast, I would like it a little darker text/icons and brighter display but you cannot adjust?? Easier phone controls to make a phone call would also be nice. Really hard to enter a phone number using that keyboard. Overall I am happy with it, if they ever upgrade to include what I mentioned I am there in a heartbeat!
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Summary: Love My Blackberry !
Review: Pros: *Receive, read & write emails while on the Go !! You can leave the laptop at home with this awesome device as your means of being mobile & staying in touch. Gives true meaning to "simplicity".
* The size of it--smaller then the palm of my hand
* Draws attention: was checking out my emails at a German restaurant in Berlin and all EYES were on me-- locals were wondering what was that thing in my hand.
* Color Screen features-- outstanding ! Cons: * Lack of Instructional Manual in package box upon purchase. Just a quick instructional guide by mode of disk but not very informational: doesn't explain setting emails accounts, dealing with settings and adding additional features.
* Lack of speakerphone
* My Blackberry didn't have Bluetooth-- too bad .
* Took some points off on Support from T-Mobile. I tried 3 times to have a Tech call me back for some guidance & they failed to do so. Not cool.
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Summary: Great hardware...Be wary of T-Mobile
Review: Simply put, this hardware device is amazing...Easy to use and intuitive.
That said T-Mobile is really annoying. I signed-up for the 29.99 plan with Enterprise Server Access, which worked for 2 months before I was informed by T-Mobile that I would need to switch to a $39.99 plan to maintain Enterprise Server Access.
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Summary: Blackberry 7230 purchase was a two year commitment mistake
Review: The Blackberry 7230 seems like a great idea. You have a keyboard, color monitor, e-mail, phone, and a pretty good battery life. Now that I've provided the nice sales features, let me jump to reality. The Blackberry is too wide to hold when phoning or receiving calls. It will slip out of your hand and there's no safety strap. They did provide a nice click on holder but it would not allow the phone to be on standby because it was tight and pressed against the keys that control that function. Oh yes, you have to shift for higher case and also for numbers. I found the blackberry 7230 to be difficult to use as a phone or even a PDA. It is not made for average human hands or fingers. I won't even get into the way you have to hang up a phonecall and the options/menus. It only gets a 3 from me because it looks solid and the battery life is quite long. The color fades dramatically in low light situations. I would much rather have the newer, thinner, Blackberry.
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Summary: Awesome product !! I love carrying just one device!
Review: This is truely am amazing product and far superior to any device I've used in the past. I only need to carry one device for Email, Mobile Phone, Schedule synchronized with Outlook, all other PDA functions.. amazing! And it fits into my pocket so I don't need to look like Batman with a utility belt full of devices :)
I have also used it in Hong Kong & Shanghai - WOW!
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Summary: My2Way My Fon
Review: This thing is great! I can write emails on the plane, subway, and bus. I can take a conference call on it too. wish it had a speakerphone and was a little smaller. But now I have a lot less gadgets strapped to my waist.
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Summary: Powerful - but takes time to get going
Review: We had to reconcile 4 personal and 2 biz e-mail accounts, and wanted to be more mobile. Blackberry is the standard for wireless e-mail. So we got two T-Mobile units. It took us about 12 hrs to get it all setup, and we got most of what we wanted, but not all of it. So count on spending quite some time figuring out the various e-mail options, and playing with them until they work. What you really want is the e-mail redirector, which gives you full access to your mailbox. Unfortunately it runs only with corporate e-mail accounts (Exchange & Domino) and is useless with standard ISP e-mail accounts. That was the biggest setback and disappointment. Trying to find out solutions to handle the ISP accounts took the longest. You can use T-Mobile's webclient re-direct, but it's not obvious how it is setup and does not have any forwarding filters (which is too bad with today's spam volumes). Setting up forwarding rules on Outlook provides more flexibility, but you really need redirector software, not just forwarding - otherwise the from: address is always yourself. I found two pieces of shareware, but they required installation on both ends, and that didn't work out with the Blackberry. So we went with the T-Mobile redirect and its working, but not ideal. No complaints about T-Mobile so far. When I had to deal with them, they were easy to work with, and amazon takes care of most of the work, as the phones arrive pre-activated. Summary: Probably still the best mobile e-mail solution around, but the software integration has plenty of room for improvement. The hardware is great though - the gold standard in terms of usability and features.
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