I have to get a new phone for my boss, im not sure which is best, blackberry, palmpilot, PDA?

Question

He is a lawyer with lots of appointments and contacts. Help?!

Answer 1

DO NOT go with blackberry. my mom has one and it is always freezing and the thing has problems. I would get a pda, i want one, but i cannot find one that i like. most of them are slow, complex or are not good for texting (exept the palm treo, very nice a little expensive though..). i would get the palm pilot

Answer 2

I sell for Verizon so I am wondering how often he would want to open attachments and zoom in on them.  Most Window's based PDA have a neat program that lets you zoom in really easy.  With Verizon, we have a Samsung i760 that has it plus it all a touch screen with full qwerty slide out.  I know we had a law firm that wanted them because people could sign on it and be able to save the signature.

The new BB's are fantastic!  I had the Pearl and loved it.  We don't have much call for the Palm's unless they have software that only works with Palm.  I would suggest finding out specifically what he would like to do with it (like use it as a modem for his laptop, take pictures, watch videos, etc.) and then go to a store and see what fits best.  From your desciption, a newer cell phone would do his appointments and contacts.

Answer 3

The BlackBerry device is a great device if you know how to use it. It is great at managing contacts and appointments. I have read of people having thousands of contacts on the device. And the great thing is it is a phone too.

If all he needs is contact management and appointments then any of the above will do. If he also wants e-mail then the BlackBerry is great for that. Have your boss look in to the BlackBerry 8800 or 8820 device. These are great devices for business users.

Answer 4

First don't go with the Treo or the Motorola Q i have had three Q's and my dad has gone through 5 treo in a year.  

They are the worst.  

I now have the Blackberry curve and I'm using it for personal use as a phone.  Business Email and Contacts and Calender.   I'm very impressed i did about 50 emails yesterday and 30 calls when i got home at 9 last night i had only used 30% of my battery.  Thats Really great!

Im just learning with alot of help from other users and Im so impressed by Blackberry.  I have the new Curve from VZW.

Best of luck......

Also The guy Jeremy above me is who i have been learning from.