BB 8830 vs Sprint HTC Diamond Pro

strickly_ppc670 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 12:03 AM

Please help me out here. I am reviewing alot of phones and need some advice from both sides. My uses are more for the Phone, text, email, and web surfing- business login and such.

please help me to make a decision!

thanks

SS

**blasphemous_prime** · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 12:48 AM

Moved to Phone Comparison forum.

**Geekcop** · #3 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 12:54 AM

I was a BB user for 3 years before jumping ship to WM. Couple things to remember about BB: 1) You can't run multiple apps, as you can with WM, and 2) BB devices use a 3rd party server to supply your email. This past year, RIM (the parent company of BB) suffered at least two widespread outages. Check these postings over @ WMexperts for further.. http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/an...rvice_out.html and
http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/ed...er_back_w.html. What this comes down to is that there is a server between the one that sends your email (e.g. your company's mail server or your ISP) and the receiving point. If this third party server goes out, you're not getting any mail, eventhough your originating server and receiving server/device may be working just fine. You're completely at the mercy of this outside company to get the server back up and running. Finally, I'm not sure about the number of add-on apps available for the BB, but there's sure no shortage of them for the WM platform. Bottom line..stick with WM

**puff** · #4 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by strickly_ppc670

Please help me out here. I am reviewing alot of phones and need some advice from both sides. My uses are more for the Phone, text, email, and web surfing- business login and such.

please help me to make a decision!

thanks

SS

well if you ask me, i'd say get the Diamond or Touch Pro

strickly_ppc670 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 01:05 AM

geekcop, thanks for the informaiton! Clearly it sounds like WM is more reliable than the BB. Is the web surfing any better the current IE/Opera/netfront solutions on the WM phones?

i really appreciate the info.

SS

**Geekcop** · #6 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 01:16 AM

I think you're still better off with WM for that. The browsers available for WM (pIE, Skyfire, and Opera) support features such as page panning and tabbed browsing. Remember, too, BB's are not touch screen devices.

Palooz · #7 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 01:27 AM

Also, Blackberry does not have an HTML browser. It processes some stuff, but most pages cannot be rendered as anything recognizable.

**Geekcop** · #8 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Palooz

Also, Blackberry does not have an HTML browser. It processes some stuff, but most pages cannot be rendered as anything recognizable.

Very true! You'll end up with a lot of pages full of text, and not much else

strickly_ppc670 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008, 02:17 AM

YOu guys are truly schooling me about the BB os! Thanks so much, no touch screen is a definate issue as well. Thanks again!

SS

Ya Boi D · #10 (**permalink**) 09-09-2008, 09:55 PM

Honestly, Im very PRO Windows Mobile as well but to tell you the truth, you have to use both to make a fair comparison. Ive had many WM phones & am now using my 1st BBCurve & I must say, its a LOT more stable than WM. As far as an HTML browser, you can easily install Opera Mini to solve that issue. What I DO miss about WM is the customization I used to do to it but the more I customized, the more unstable the OS would become. Ive had the Imate SP3i, 700w, 700wx, Sprint Touch & they all been great. I just needed a phone that just plain WORKED everytime. No resets every other day,wk,month...NONE. I will also say this, as far as the phone function goes, BB blow WM out of the water. Again, customization is where WM excels but as an EVERYDAY RELIABLE phone, I cant say that about WM. I WILL be back though when WM7 is released,lol...