Why iPhone Replaced My Crackberry

[HymerSchmidt]

Originally Posted by trevor

Oh, I know. But since having the iPhone, I am really liking the IMAP. I just want push in addition to it. Like Yahoo Mail is for BlackBerry. That's not asking too much is it?

No it's not. And we all know Google has the technology. Maybe they are hedging features to eventually promote Android?

[bripat22]

you are right about the turn-by-turn GPS. I would probably give up my telenav in exchange for the Safari browser as a trade-off in an IPhone-Blackberry exchange but like you, can't understand why this feature is not built in.

[E Pow]

Nice review. I just left Blackberry and came over to iphone 3g myself.

[Dieter Bohn]

Excellent overview, Trevor!

re: Resiliancy: just don't leave it in your back pocket and sit on it.

[Rene Ritchie]

Awesome post Trevor!

Google has a dodgy IMAP implementation to begin with. I couldn't want IMAP IDLE (push) more, as I use Gmail for my personal account, but they need to fix the IMAP first (no more certificate issues, b'okay?)

And the screen is tough as nails made out of really hard glass. (Just don't leave it in Dieter's back pocket).

[schartzr]

Originally Posted by HymerSchmidt

Get your Gmail forwarded to an Exchange server, then with a Gmail account set-up in tandem on the iPhone, you can effortlessly use the Gmail account for outgoing mail. While setting up the Exchange account(and I mean where it is asking you for server info, username, etc.), in the "Email" section put your Gmail address. As a result, any messages you compose or reply to from the Exchange account are automatically sent through Gmail, using the "From:" feature.

You obviously can't use IMAP features(marked as "read") without always going through the Exchange server on your desktop, work, etc., but it gets you push Gmail.

When I do that and change my email address it kicks out my exchange server and I lose everything. maybe i am doing something worng any advise?

[HymerSchmidt]

It doesn't kick me out. I don't think the iPhone will even "kick you out" of any form. If the settings don't work it will tell you, but it doesn't delete them. Make sure you press "save" instead of "cancel."

If it doesn't like your settings: what you might be doing wrong is changing the "username" field, when you should only change the "email address" field.

[Duvi]

I posted my likes over at the CB forums...

Originally Posted by Jayden0606

I beg to differ. Of the things both do, I believe the iPhone excels.

Below are some example...

Text/SMS... Great threaded messaging, even better than the treo.

Email... This is what true HTML should be.

Voicemail... On my BB, I used to have the box full as most of the times I know who sent me a message and what they said. On the iPhone, usually under 3 or 4 as I am able to just delete right from the voicemail app. I also love the fact that I don't have to go in the order that they came in.

Browser... As this article proves, worlds ahead, just a bit closer now with the Bold's browser. I also love having tabbed browsing like Firefox/Safari.

MobileMe... 20 times better than what BIS offers. I take a pic, I upload it to my MobileMe account (20 gigs of storage) and delete. Contacts/Calendar push... forgot about it. I have a friend who is helping me look up appointments for apartments. She would just add it to my calendar on my MobileMe account and it's instantly on my iPhone while I travel with the address that I can hit and locate in the Maps application.

App store... Wow. Applications are just coming in left and right.

Games? Wow multiplied by 2. All touch and has great games.

Storage?... Not just 16GB of storage for media/files, but also for applications. I've already download over 25 apps and no slow downs what so ever. On my BB, I kept about three 3rd party apps due to precious space. (Opera Mini, Twitterberry & Telenav) Even after a while I took Telenav off.

iPod... Although I don't use this portion... for those who love watching movies or listening to music, this is awesome.

Tons more stuff, not enough time. Even after all of this, I'm not saying either device is better than the other, but for me, it's as perfect of a device as it's going to get. Once again, not perfect, but the most for my needs/wants.

In addition to the OP's post.

[tehflakes]

As someone who has recently switched from a blackberry to an Iphone, I agree with all that has been said in this thread.

My only complaint is I havent found an application for msn yet, I had it on my BB and I loved it.
I'm not sure if I can justify 99/year for mobileme.
Also that I cant use custom ringtones for email or sms alerts.

Ryan

[mullrat]

I have both a blackberry curve and this new iPhone 3g. I was planning on keeping both phones as I use my blackberry very strictly for business. But this phone has pretty much wowed me since I got it. I synced with my exchange account, and am getting push email calendars and contacts. I love my curve. It's been the best and most reliable phone I have ever had. The iPhone is also a superior media device. It's dr from perfect but still something I can carry around proudly. So what do you guys think? I'm still going to probably keep both but if this thing keeps loving itself, then bye bye blackberry.