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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Interestingly, there's one twist in this argument: don't RIM products still communicate through RIM's own servers? The one significant security advantage with Direct Push is that the device communicates only with the corporate Exchange server. No middlemen, and everything's SSL encrypted/certified.
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Yes, although I don't think you could say that this is an advantage or a disadvantage. Keeping it all in-house is great if you have an excellent system, great support from the company that made it, and good people to run it well. Loose one of those three and you have an in-house nightmare.
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
I do buy the reliability argument, though. Blackberries' simplicity makes them very reliable at the everyday task they were designed to do: handle email. However, my 700w is the first Pocket PC that I've owned that actually comes close, and that's a huge step up for MS.
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I've found Blackberries to be extremely reliable ever since version 4 of their internal OS. Just like anything other PDA, as long as you don't completely fill their internal memory or install crappy third-party apps on them they are pretty solid.