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  1. #1
    Peelah Ben Arhna
    Guest
    Reading the paper today I came across and advert for a Blackberry PDA
    Phone. Now, this piqued my interest given that I'm considering something
    along these lines to replace my aging Palm Zire.

    Now, while the BB won't really suit me unless it has a NextG phone
    capability, what surprised me, when I started looking at them on Ebay is
    how cheap they are compared to say, the JasJam and Palm Treo.

    The above phone/pdas are selling around the $1,000 mark. The BBs are
    under $200, with quite a few under $100.

    Why the large disparity? Are BBs cheap and nasty bits of gear, although
    I've read that they're hugely popular. Why would you spend 10x the
    amount on a JasJam when a BB would do the job?

    What am I missing here?




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  2. #2
    Lone Wolf
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    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs

    On Sat, 05 May 2007 17:25:04 +1000, Peelah Ben Arhna
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Why the large disparity? Are BBs cheap and nasty bits of gear, although
    >I've read that they're hugely popular.


    Dunno, sounds strange.



  3. #3
    pedanticky
    Guest

    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs

    On May 5, 5:25 pm, Peelah Ben Arhna <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Reading the paper today I came across and advert for a Blackberry PDA
    > Phone. Now, this piqued my interest given that I'm considering something
    > along these lines to replace my aging Palm Zire.
    >
    > Now, while the BB won't really suit me unless it has a NextG phone


    The BB is NOT compatible with Next G (GSM/EDGE only).

    > capability, what surprised me, when I started looking at them on Ebay is
    > how cheap they are compared to say, the JasJam and Palm Treo.


    Next G (850 MHz band) available for Treo and JJ.
    >
    >






  4. #4
    Peelah Ben Arhna
    Guest

    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs

    pedanticky said....

    >> Now, while the BB won't really suit me unless it has a NextG phone

    >
    > The BB is NOT compatible with Next G (GSM/EDGE only).


    As I stated above.

    >> capability, what surprised me, when I started looking at them on Ebay
    >> is how cheap they are compared to say, the JasJam and Palm Treo.

    >
    > Next G (850 MHz band) available for Treo and JJ.


    Yes, as I said above.





  5. #5
    alxr
    Guest

    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs

    One possible difference between the blackberry and the Jas to be aware of is
    that you can run a wide range of additional applications/customisation on
    the Jas etc.

    Blackberry "PDA" may give just the installed apps with no ability to
    install others.

    The blackberry price may be subsidised by exhorbitant network/data fees.

    "Peelah Ben Arhna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Reading the paper today I came across and advert for a Blackberry PDA
    > Phone. Now, this piqued my interest given that I'm considering something
    > along these lines to replace my aging Palm Zire.
    >
    > Now, while the BB won't really suit me unless it has a NextG phone
    > capability, what surprised me, when I started looking at them on Ebay is
    > how cheap they are compared to say, the JasJam and Palm Treo.
    >
    > The above phone/pdas are selling around the $1,000 mark. The BBs are
    > under $200, with quite a few under $100.
    >
    > Why the large disparity? Are BBs cheap and nasty bits of gear, although
    > I've read that they're hugely popular. Why would you spend 10x the
    > amount on a JasJam when a BB would do the job?
    >
    > What am I missing here?
    >






  6. #6
    Peter
    Guest

    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs


    > One possible difference between the blackberry and the Jas to be aware
    > of is that you can run a wide range of additional
    > applications/customisation on the Jas etc.
    >
    > Blackberry "PDA" may give just the installed apps with no ability to
    > install others.
    >
    > The blackberry price may be subsidised by exhorbitant network/data
    > fees.
    >



    I agree. Data costs are crazy.
    Plus Palm software is expensive, Pocket PC is the way to go.

    :-P



  7. #7

    Re: Blackberry v Other Mobile/PDAs

    On Thu, 24 May 2007 01:24:33 GMT, "alxr" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >One possible difference between the blackberry and the Jas to be aware of is
    >that you can run a wide range of additional applications/customisation on
    >the Jas etc.
    >
    >Blackberry "PDA" may give just the installed apps with no ability to
    >install others.
    >
    >The blackberry price may be subsidised by exhorbitant network/data fees.
    >


    Blackberry's are roughly the same price as better phones. You can
    download different software on to them. There a number of models, none
    in Aus are 3G, so no video calls yet.

    IMHO, they are very bug free compared to Windows based PDAs. Depends
    on what you need.

    A Blackberry really shines if you have a BES server (exhange and
    anoteh machine). It syncs all the data you see in Outlook.

    >"Peelah Ben Arhna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> Reading the paper today I came across and advert for a Blackberry PDA
    >> Phone. Now, this piqued my interest given that I'm considering something
    >> along these lines to replace my aging Palm Zire.
    >>
    >> Now, while the BB won't really suit me unless it has a NextG phone
    >> capability, what surprised me, when I started looking at them on Ebay is
    >> how cheap they are compared to say, the JasJam and Palm Treo.
    >>
    >> The above phone/pdas are selling around the $1,000 mark. The BBs are
    >> under $200, with quite a few under $100.
    >>
    >> Why the large disparity? Are BBs cheap and nasty bits of gear, although
    >> I've read that they're hugely popular. Why would you spend 10x the
    >> amount on a JasJam when a BB would do the job?
    >>
    >> What am I missing here?
    >>

    >




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