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Open Thread: Whither Blackberry? What's your fallback plan?
Merlin Mann | Dec 1 2005
BlackBerry shutdown closer after ruling - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
[ via Slashdot ] Damn, this could be pretty big stuff, eh? I'm guessing at least a few of you out there are rabid Blackberry users -- I've never even used one myself, but I have friends who live on theirs. So, I'm curious: How do you feel about the possibility of losing Blackberry service? If it went away today, what would you use instead? Do you have a fallback plan? 24 Comments
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 I am on an IT...Submitted by Micah Monroe (not verified) on December 1, 2005 - 12:59pm.
I am on an IT staff that all use BB's, and although we have a handful of SmartPhone users (who needed PDF viewing capabilities), most staff in our offices use BB's. I happen to hate them. The redirection and syncing capabilities have our more impatient users always complaining and we have been burned as a group by high profile (should read:shareholders) user issues. I only use mine for email redirection and cell phone. I never run a hard sync or incorporate it into my GTD system. We are an all Microsoft shop, with a managerial bias against Linux. I will shed no tears if my BB turns into a paperweight... I personally wish that Apple would get back into the PDA business. How big could my next actions list be on an 80 gig iPod? But to answer the question, I will just use paper. The users have come to expect that I will show up at their desk with a stack of index cards anyway. » POSTED IN:
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