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What makes a BlackBerry a compelling device today?
RIM has dominated the mobile email market with their BlackBerry devices in the past, but with the other available solutions from Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile a couple mobile enthusiasts don't understand the draw anymore. You can get push email using a number of different solutions today, so why aren't IT departments looking at more functional solutions?
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I recently checked out a BlackBerry Pearl and after spending a few days with it I have to say I don't think people are choosing BlackBerry devices themselves as much as they are being assigned them by their companies. If people are choosing the device themselves, then I highly encourage them to check out the more capable Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile offerings and prepared to be blown away compared to the BlackBerry devices. Fellow Mobian, Steve Sande, must have been reading my mind and his new blog entry titled, BlackBerry - What’s All The Fuss?, practically mirrors all my same thoughts on the platform.
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