The big problem with all the name callers is that their company issues ancient budget BB's and these can't compare to the idevice that they've got on a 7 year contract. Our stock device at work is the 9300 and its OK as a basic phone and organiser but that's about it. Bear in mind this phones costs £130 to us, whereas you are looking at double/triple the price for an iDroid
Having a role in which I maintains mobile infrastructure I personally have used and trialled tons of phones, smart or not. I tried using a OneX for a while but fell back to using my 9800 Torch because it does what it is supposed to, the battery lasts forever and the email and organiser functions is seamless. I use Google Maps on it just fine and the Twitter and FB clients are really good, the browser isn't the best but it works and in ranks of functions for me its pretty low. The difference between a modern BB and a 'smartphone' is that the BB is the best communications device hands down, its not trying to be a smartphone. I've got a Nexus 7 and its great, I've got a BB Torch and that's great too. I couldn't give a monkeys if they are cool or not, each does the job that I need it to do.
BB10 looks great, if they can wrap the security up in a competitive device it should work. I fear the press have got it in for RIM and even if they produce a jesus phone it'll still be derided.
ActiveSync cannot compare to BES security, we've had independent commercial pen tests done against ActiveSync on iPhone/Android and the list of invulnerabilities tower above the BES list. If you don't deal with confidential data then AS is fine but anything else needs the security of a BES. Obama still doesn't carry anything else.
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iPhone/Android and the list of invulnerabilities tower above the BES list.
Haha, that'll be vulnerabilities then!
The big problem with all the name callers is that their company issues ancient budget BB's and these can't compare to the idevice that they've got on a 7 year contract. Our stock device at work is the 9300 and its OK as a basic phone and organiser but that's about it. Bear in mind this phones costs £130 to us, whereas you are looking at double/triple the price for an iDroid Having a role in which I maintains mobile infrastructure I personally have used and trialled tons of phones, smart or not. I tried using a OneX for a while but fell back to using my 9800 Torch because it does what it is supposed to, the battery lasts forever and the email and organiser functions is seamless. I use Google Maps on it just fine and the Twitter and FB clients are really good, the browser isn't the best but it works and in ranks of functions for me its pretty low. The difference between a modern BB and a 'smartphone' is that the BB is the best communications device hands down, its not trying to be a smartphone. I've got a Nexus 7 and its great, I've got a BB Torch and that's great too. I couldn't give a monkeys if they are cool or not, each does the job that I need it to do. BB10 looks great, if they can wrap the security up in a competitive device it should work. I fear the press have got it in for RIM and even if they produce a jesus phone it'll still be derided. ActiveSync cannot compare to BES security, we've had independent commercial pen tests done against ActiveSync on iPhone/Android and the list of invulnerabilities tower above the BES list. If you don't deal with confidential data then AS is fine but anything else needs the security of a BES. Obama still doesn't carry anything else.