We use a lot of RIM's Blackberry devices at work. From an enterprise IT perspective, they are great. They are simple to use and simple to manage. They don't have a lot of extra features and only a limited number of apps, but I can rule them with an iron fist using the Blackberry Enterprise or Express servers.
We rolled out a hand full of Droid Pro devices to my team. They are neat toys, but I would not want to give them to our user base. We've had a lot of problems out of them, which, as IT folks, we've worked our way through.
We also offer some "best effort" support to iPhones.
RIM has announced that they are releasing a cross platform that will support Blackberry, Apple, and Android. For lack of a better name, I will call it the Fruit Enterprise Server. We live in exciting times. (Yes, I'm a geek.)
Via Business Insider
Fruit Loop doesn't sound so stupid now, huh?
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I just traded in my Iphone for a BB Torch for myself and my significant other and I have been surprised how much I enjoy it. Especially when thinking tool vs. toy. For what I want - phone, email, address book, appointments, some web searching. It just works and works well.
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@Jeff - no dumber than it did originally.
ReplyDelete@Slim - I didn't think anybody would give up an iPhone for anything else. They don't talk about the Cult of the Mac for tickles and grins.
That would explain the group of Birkenstock wearing individuals in my front yard. The one with the Dwell magazine and the starbucks cup is reading from an IPAD something about "reformatting the heretic". Looks like they are coming this way...gotta go.
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@Slim - that's scary. I prefer when the hippie nudists attack - at least you know when they are armed.
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