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Posted by F. Golightly on July 3, 2006, 1:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options The company is leaning toward Verizon. Several people have had trouble with
ATT/Cingular. I'm currently with T-Mobile and have been for the past four
years with no trouble. However I travel to big cities in the USA. Other,
of our sales people, travel areas like, MT, ID, UT, WA and need broader
coverage, thus Verizon may make more sense.
From the suggestions, (feedback) it appears that Windows platform is the
platform of choice. From what I've been able to find doing Internet
searches is that the Blackberry OS is excellent for email, that being it's
strength and it's weakness. Blackberry, it seems, at the moment does not
have the features of an OS like Windows Mobile 5.0.
GPS, editing of Word, Excel files, jpeg or tiff file viewing, wav files are
not handled by the Blackberry OS and to me would be a problem if one does
anything beyond basic email functions. Is this a fair statement?
Does having OWA access make it any less costly for Windows devices vs.
Blackberry devices?
Again, feedback is appreciated as I have only personal knowledge, our
companies president has personal knowledge and we rely on a consultant,
combine with our... "limited knowledge".
Thanks.
fini
> In this forum (Microsoft.public.smartphone) the user didn't specify a cell
> service provider (i.e. Cingular, Verizon, etc.) ... and it looks like the
> HW6515 is a Cingular device. I personally wouldn't go with a device using
> WM2003 software when the WM5 PPC edition has already been released.
>
> I do concur that the MS platform would make sense since the MS Exchange is
> already in place but I would recommend a device using WM5 such as the
> Cingular 8125 (Cingular), Moto Q (Verizon), etc.. I personally have a
Treo
> 700W on Verizon which would also do the trick but like the better screen
on
> the other two devices mentioned.
> > My personal suggestion is HP iPAQ HW6515 (no internal wi-fi) or the
latest
> > (out in a couple of weeks) 6915 with internal wi-fi.
> > It's so much more than a Blackberry and a smartphone: it's a Pocket PC,
> > full push emailing with no contract (GPRS connection, many providers
offer
> > a monthly flat rate way cheaper than Blackberry's fees), camera, video,
> > GPS and obviously it's a 4 band GSM phone with SMS and MMS.
> > I just love it and I've been traveling with it in the US, all over
Europe,
> > UAE, the Far East: it worked perfectly everywhere!
> > Look into it in the HP web site.
> >
> > Steffo
> > gerryR wrote:
> >> well if you already have an exchange server in place then the obvious
> >> choice would be MS as you avoid the extra cost (co. directors will
> >> love that) of having to put the blackberry solution in place.
> >>
> >> gR
> >>> My company is about to invest in a device/s that allows the field
> >>> sales force to have access to email on the road such device.
> >>>
> >>> The consultant for our company recommends Blackberry over Widows and
> >>> Palm. The companies intent is to have a device that can be used for
both
> >>> phone calls and email. We're currently using OWA for access to our
> >>> server. We are a somewhat small company and our-source a lot of our IT
> >>> work,
> >>> thus the consultant. My recommendation would be Windows Smartphones
> >>> but my technical expertise in this area is limited to my personal
> >>> experience. I've
> >>> always used Microsoft products.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a top ten or top five reason to use one operating system
> >>> over another?
> >>>
> >>> Thoughts/feedback, is sincerely appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> fini
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