Now that RIM's Blackberry is back from the dead (no more lawsuit), it will take a true competitor to kill it off, not a patent infringement case.
We have lots of fun with market leaders and wait and see what happens as new products are introduced that challenge their leadership or new trends and technologies steer the market into new and unexpected directions -- directions that these leaders may not have foreseen.
The Blackberry falls into that market leader spot for wireless email devices/cell phones. Some of the products that compete with it on a feature set basis include the Palm Treo 650, Samsung SGH-d307, Nokia 9300 and the Motorola Q.
Anybody care to give some user feedback on these products?
Anybody care to add to the list?
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I have a Palm Treo 650 and love it. My company uses Intellisync's Mobile Suite to sync wireless devices (like the treo) with our corporate e-mail exchange servers so I get the same e-mail functionality as the Blackberry.
I've been in telecom for over 10 years, and started out by selling cell phones back in the day (ah yes, the days of cut throat telecom sales). The Treo reminds me of the days when an "It" phone came out, and everyone had to have it, wanted it, or did in fact have it (typically a Motorolla - i.e. "StarTAC" or Nokia i.e. "232"). I find the Treo 650 to be the single most popular smart phone out these days, at least amoung tech heads who want full feature functionality. Probably the ONLY thing that may be hurting the Treo in the workplace, is that some companies don't allow / don't want phones with built in cameras in the work place. How about a firmware version by Palm that can disable the camera? Won't make some users happy, but may make the Treo more Corporate America friendly?
Adam
Yes, indeed, those were the days -- remember the Startac fondly (oh, what poor battery life1).
Believe Treo 650 does now come with disabled (or no) camera for corporate folks.
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