[GadgetDave]

<sigh>

It's a religious argument on one hand (like PC vs Mac), and it's MS Crack on the other hand.

Let me start by saying I'm a MS Fan, I love my PPC, and it does way more than my BlackBerry (although there are a TON of apps for the blackberry, too).

However, in terms of solid, reliable, "it just works" remote email, You'd have to pry my BB out of my cold, dead hands. I never reset it (can't say that about the PPC), I never worry about the BB battery, and I don't think about it. That's the highest compliment I can give. It just works.

I'd never put a PPC in a senior executive's hand (especially as a phone) because I wouldn't want to explain resetting and freezeups and so on. I wouldn't want to have to remind them to charge it every night. And heaven forbid they want to make it work on 2 wifi networks (home/work) and GPRS/EDGE ...

Just my $ .02 ...

[GadgetDave]

<sigh>

It's a religious argument on one hand (like PC vs Mac), and it's MS Crack on the other hand.

Let me start by saying I'm a MS Fan, I love my PPC, and it does way more than my BlackBerry (although there are a TON of apps for the blackberry, too).

However, in terms of solid, reliable, "it just works" remote email, You'd have to pry my BB out of my cold, dead hands. I never reset it (can't say that about the PPC), I never worry about the BB battery, and I don't think about it. That's the highest compliment I can give. It just works.

I'd never put a PPC in a senior executive's hand (especially as a phone) because I wouldn't want to explain resetting and freezeups and so on. I wouldn't want to have to remind them to charge it every night. And heaven forbid they want to make it work on 2 wifi networks (home/work) and GPRS/EDGE ...

Just my $ .02 ...

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by moriahcom

I wasn't sure if it existed. I have a server that pushes Pop3, including gMail. I timed it against my friends RIM device and I beat it almost every time. I wasn't sure if I should finish it and package it for resale if there were a bunch of other applications already on the market. It can handle muitiple devices and email accounts at the same time.

There are a few, such as the IntelliSync/Verizon deployment, but I don't think it's commonplace. However, you'll certainly want to do more detailed market research before reaching a decision on this.

--janak

[dlinker]

Originally Posted by GadgetDave

<sigh>

It's a religious argument on one hand (like PC vs Mac), and it's MS Crack on the other hand.

Let me start by saying I'm a MS Fan, I love my PPC, and it does way more than my BlackBerry (although there are a TON of apps for the blackberry, too).

However, in terms of solid, reliable, "it just works" remote email, You'd have to pry my BB out of my cold, dead hands. I never reset it (can't say that about the PPC), I never worry about the BB battery, and I don't think about it. That's the highest compliment I can give. It just works.

I'd never put a PPC in a senior executive's hand (especially as a phone) because I wouldn't want to explain resetting and freezeups and so on. I wouldn't want to have to remind them to charge it every night. And heaven forbid they want to make it work on 2 wifi networks (home/work) and GPRS/EDGE ...

Just my $ .02 ...

Couldn't have said it better myself. I totally agree.

Also, any corporate who takes security seriously (eg Financial institutions)will insist on all INCOMING connections (ie connections initiated from the Internet) to be strongly authenticated - that means a one time password (SecureID or SafeWord for example) or a smart card. The BES makes an outgoing connection to the "RIM Relay", and the devices connect to the "RIM Relay" thus avoiding this issue.

We ran a project to evaluate Microsft Push to supplement or replace our BES. Every time you lost the network connection (eg getting in a lift/elevator or even sometime switching cell towers), you'd have to enter a new one time password. The trial lasted about a day before all the participants - IT staff who love their Windows Mobile device - gave up.

Also Windows Mobile was unstable - needing a reset at least once a day if not more often. Compared to a BlackBerry, MS still has a long way to go unfortunately - cause I'm sick of waiting for the same Blackberry stability and security on my Windows Mobile Push Email.