On Mar 13, 2:50*pm, "MuahMan" <muah...@cumcast.net> wrote:
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> > Hey all,
> > I'm seriously considering getting out of my current Verizon phone
> > contract and paying all the money I'm going to have to pay to make the
> > switch to something more robust.
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> > Quick background --
> > I work for Big Corporate America where I'm essentially cut off from a
> > lot of things during the day while at work (thank god not Google
> > Groups.) *I can't access my personal email (gmail, yahoo, road runner,
> > etc) and I'm blocked from a lot of websites. *I need a device that
> > will allow me to at least check personal email (so I can cut down on
> > the amount of personal emails I get and make at work) and perhaps
> > access a few sites. *[btw - *when I've mentioned this before, people
> > go on tangental rants about how I shouldn't want to check personal
> > emails while at work, don't I work?, etc -- that's up to me and yes, I
> > do work -- very hard... but I've had enough of being cut off during
> > the day and being so restricted and until I can get another job that
> > liberates me I need a solution]
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> > So I'm exploring options.
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> > I'm thinking the best solution is to go with the iPhone, but I wanted
> > to get some feedback from users of either iPhones or other devices
> > (BlackBerry, Palm, etc) on what works, what doesn't work, what you can
> > do, what you can't do, features, things you don't like (usability),
> > things you like, etc.
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> > Any feedback on devices is greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks.
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> If you can't get on WiFi at work do not get an iPhone. EDGE is 100% unusable
> for surfing. It takes over 3 minutes load EPSN.com. If you can get on a wifi
> with it the browser is nice. The Blackberries tell you when you get an
> email, the iPhone doesn't. You have to actually check, which is annoying. I
> have both an BB8830 and an iPhone (won it for a doing a certain amount of
> volume with an affiliatte network). Overall the BB gets the slight nod.- Hide quoted text -

Great feedback. Great to know. Thanks!