I will be purchasing an XDA or Blackberry or something in the next week or so. It’ll be with O2 as a business customer – so it will have to be one of their offerings. I’m due to have some business sales executive schmooze this week me so thought before I’m feeling all slimey from the sale pitch I thought I’d see if anyone has some advice. I need it for the following
- Calendar Management
- Phone Calls
- Surfing
- Document access
Watching video/listening to Podcasts will be great too. And I’m looking at getting a virtual keyboard. So yes I’d be using it to blog from.
Given my dexterity problems I don’t want it to be too clumsy (read big) in the making a call department but then I’m afraid if it’s too small it’ll be useless for everything else.
So before I’m schmoozed has anyone any particular set recommendations/tips to avoid being bullshitted etc.? Do any of these handsets have wifi so I would not have to pay bandwidth to O2 if near a hotspot?
I use my Nokia 9500 for wifi access around many part of Ireland and it works well as a document editor (Word), email client and it has enabled me to write more than 1000 blog posts from public transport, hotel lobbies, meetings and coffee stops.
It records WAV files well for podcasts.
It’s a timeless brick and that form factor may not work for everyone.
It’s also Series 90 which is potentially part of the orphan class at Nokia. I think Nokia wants you to use its E61 Crackberry clone now.
Just keeping that song from ‘Jungle Book’ in mind during the sales pitch.
Kaa the sneaky snake sings “Trust in me…” while trying to hyponotise Mowgli. Keep thinking, I’m not Mowgli!!
Seriously cool kit for 2007 tho’, MP, I’m impressed/ envious – pictures please!
Blackberry doesn’t offer wifi (well, technically there’s a wifi blackberry but it’s only wifi, no GSM!)
You may want to wait for iPhone depending on what comes out of Macworld