Blackberry Debacle
I think it is funny to read about the whole Blackberry thing, where it might get shut off. I can see all the CEO’s running around worried they might lose their emails. I think if the majority of people who used a Blackberry had the experience to use a Pocket PC phone running Windows Mobile, or even a Treo running Palm, they would throw their Blackberry’s out. Using a Blackberry is like using Itunes. You get stuck to their server (or hack to get it working with out, with twice the overhead). A device like a Pocket PC 6700 from Sprint - Windows Mobile, built in wifi, bluetooth, and then with Sprint’s EV-DO internet, you are money in the bank. And since it is running a form of Windows, it is easier for developers to create programs that will run on the platform.
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March 9th, 2006 at 5:45 am
I bought the 6700 exactly because it was easily programmable with .NET compact framework, in exactly the same way as programming for windows. Trying to program on the Palm environment is a big learning curve from Windows, not to mention the specialized programming tools that are needed. With the pocket PC + .NET CF, the regular visual studio enviroment used for regular windows programming, does just fine to program the phone too…. The only problem is finding the time!
March 16th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Update: I now have a PPC 6700!