Which is a better buy....BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphone or Palm - Tungsten E2 Handheld???

Question

the blackberry is 169.99 and the palm tungsten is 209.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7129724&productCategoryId=abcat0512001&type=product&tab=1&id=1110262782309#productdetail

thts th link for the palm tungsten

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=3296&changingCompletedOrder=

this is the link for the blackberry

thanks

Answer 1

Well, it depends what you want it to do.

The Tungsten is not a phone.  It is simply a PDA.  It doesn't connect to internet on its own; you have to buy a separate wi-fi adapter and put it in the SD slot.  In fact, the only thing it will connect to is your computer when you HotSync it.  It doesn't have a camera.

The BlackBerry Pearl is a phone, and it also is an organizer.  It has a 2.0 MP camera.  I don't know if you can download apps on it, but I would think so.

The only (extremely small) downside to the Blackberry is that it doesn't have a touch screen, from what I'm reading.

So it depends on what you're planning to do with the device.  Personally, seeing as the Blackberry does way more, and the Palm is $40 more expensive and does less, I'd go with the Blackberry.  But that would be my preference.