[Pat Logsdon]

VERY interesting. How much do you want to bet that Dell is looking very closely at a little company called Good Technologies right about now?

If HP does actually buy out RIM, Dell would almost have to snap up Good...which means lower prices on converged devices! 8)

[Pat Logsdon]

VERY interesting. How much do you want to bet that Dell is looking very closely at a little company called Good Technologies right about now?

If HP does actually buy out RIM, Dell would almost have to snap up Good...which means lower prices on converged devices! 8)

[Terry]

Microsoft's Press Pass Document that discusses a relationship between RIM, HTC and Pocket PCs:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/e...c/docs/rim.doc (short Word document).

I think the Blackberry is the best thing going in wireless e-mail. My iPaq and AT&T service ukeface: WM2003 doesn't support the modem (not that it worked well before, either).

[cameron]

Allright, I admit, I'm a device freak. Current devices are:

Blackberry
IPAQ
Smartphone

Each one does something pretty well. Each one does something that the others don't. The smartphone enables me to have a phone, my calendar, my contacts, and some web browsing and games in a great form factor. The IPAQ gives me better browsing, games, and the ability to view and edit documents. The blackberry gives me always on access to my e-mail.

If I had to pick one device (plus a phone) I'd definitely take the blackberry. The ability to access e-mail while out of the office real-time, without the connecting factor (no matter how easy it is, you still have to connect and download with other devices) makes the blackberry a must have for someone who spends most of their time out of the office.

The problem as I see it is how do you get one device to do all of these well. I think the critical issue is form factor. I mean, that Hitachi, that's one ugly device. Can you imagine sticking that in your pocket for a night on the town? Forget about the mobile pants, you would need the world's biggest belt clip for that thing.

Supposedly the Nokia 6200 (I think that's the number) with the fold-out keyboard is going to include blackberry software in a future release. That could be a killer device.

Do you think I used the word "device" enough in this post?

[GadgetDave]

I'd be disappointed if HP could "corner" the market this way - since RIM still has suits against Good and others ... I'll bet they're worried about Dell beating them to market with a Blackberry Killer.

I wouldn't give up my Blackberry - even though I love my PPC.

[axe]

I would love to see HP continue the software development for the BBerry software to be loaded on other devices. I have read an article that with a properly equiped handheld (PPC or Palm) and the BBerry software installed, the device would communicate just like the real thing. With that combination, the BBerry software is totally device independant! We could see converged devices all over the place!
I know my company REALLY likes the RIMs and most of the upper execs have one. I know many other companies favour them too. Pared with the Rim-Exchange servers, your [insert device here] suddenly becomes a viable business device rather than a cool techy-toy.

I would really like to see that app be completed & released!

AXE

[Jeff Rutledge]

Originally Posted by HOLLYWOOD_

Having Blackberry functionality in a PPC makes me salivate !!!

I agree totally.

I LOVE my iPAQ, but I need my Blackberry. Depending where I'm going, I have up to three devices (iPAQ, phone, Blackberry). But if I'm travelling light, it's the iPAQ that gets left behind (unfortunately). RIM got it right for the Enterprise, plain and simple.

Putting this functionality into a PPC would be bliss.

Having said all of that, I'm not sure I'm for HP buying RIM. I think the Blackberry is so strong because of RIM's vision of technology. HP's isn't the same. I'd rather see partnerships myself. We'll have to see I guess.