Confessions of a BlackBerry user
Posted by: Giselle
I have an iPhone and thank God for that. One of my colleagues has a BlackBerry and I borrowed it for a story I was writing. It was the most miserable time of my life.
First of all it took me about an hour just to download BlackBerry App World, which should have just come preinstalled on the device, like the iPhone App Store is preloaded on iPhones. Genius!
First I got on the Web to see if I could find the app on the company’s site, since BlackBerry App World was not pre-installed on this device.
The Internet experience was as slow as a snail in peanut butter and I can’t believe how long it took for me to get to the BlackBerry App World download page.
So after I finally got the app store onto the device I moved on to download an app that I am writing about for one of my stories. Downloading this app took another 15 minutes and was a real turn-off.
Luckily I am sitting at my desk and I have the time to wait for all these downloads. Had I been out and about, I think I definitely would have quit the process.
I expect to be able to surf the Web quickly. I want information right away and I don’t want to wait! Am I just spoiled or is this every mobile user’s expectations?
I am spoiled, but that is besides the fact. Mobile users are on the go and mobile. They don’t have the time to wait for an hour to download stuff. So are BlackBerrys really smartphones?
A smartphone is a device that offers advanced capabilities and has PC-like functionality. In my opinion BlackBerry has PC-like functionality, but only if you’re talking about dial-up PC Internet access!
Long live the iPhone.
Any thoughts?
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