Comments on: Transitioning to a Smartphone With the BlackBerry Pearl Flip http://gigaom.com/collaboration/transitioning-to-a-smartphone-with-the-blackberry-pearl-flip/ Fri, 25 May 2012 20:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rachel Murray http://gigaom.com/collaboration/transitioning-to-a-smartphone-with-the-blackberry-pearl-flip/#comment-84656 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:55:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=15524#comment-84656 I did. The iPhone was appealing, but I’m a loyal T-Mobile customer and didn’t want to unlock the phone just to have it. Besides, everything I’d read about it and have seen from friends and colleagues who have it, it’s a great computer and not so great phone, which is the opposite of what I’d wanted. I really wanted to like the G1, but I hated the feel of the spring keyboard. I’d even tried a T-Mobile Wing for a few weeks when it came out a while ago, but it felt like a PDA. I really wanted something sleek and small. Nothing had come close to this… and the Blackberry interface was intuitive to me.

As for being a slave to another device, I’m referring to having my email attached to me at all times. I’m lucky to work in an environment where it’s okay not to check email 24/7. I checked it at home and at the office, but at least could leave it alone during my commute or while in meetings. I knew once I got a smartphone, that wouldn’t be the case anymore. And I was right, mostly. Now I have to be more disciplined and not bring it to meetings, and not take it out while on the train. But that’s a story for another post.

]]> By: BlackBerry http://gigaom.com/collaboration/transitioning-to-a-smartphone-with-the-blackberry-pearl-flip/#comment-84655 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:50:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=15524#comment-84655 [...] Excerpt from: Transitioning to a Smartphone With the BlackBerry Pearl Flip [...]

]]> By: sfmitch http://gigaom.com/collaboration/transitioning-to-a-smartphone-with-the-blackberry-pearl-flip/#comment-84654 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:27:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=15524#comment-84654 Did you consider any other smartphones?

What are the devices that you are a slave to? re: “I didn’t want to be a slave to yet another device, “

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