Blackberry?... no thanks!

[GTI]

I got an email from IT yesterday (cc my boss) telling me that I was eligible to receive a Blackberry. My response, "No thank you, I do not need one during office hours" My boss is not too happy with me... like I give a flying fuck

[Freddy]

Blaggard and I were just discussing how great the N97 is looking.

What you using at mo?

[GTI]

Blaggard and I were just discussing how great the N97 is looking.

What you using at mo?

I have a Jesus phone guvnor.

[Freddy]

It's only the 2MP camera that really puts me off one. I love the 5MP on my N95 and use it often. Quite a trade off for me personally :/

I hear Blackberry's are for puffs. It's just what I hear mind and not what I think of course.

[GTI]

I hear Blackberry's are for puffs. It's just what I hear mind and not what I think of course.

Blackberrys change people, it can make the most lowly middle manager suddenly feel as important as a CEO who must be reached at all times. And it feeds the illusion of these people so they think their input on every email thread is of the utmost importance. All the time their family and personal life suffers, no wonder its called the Crackberry.

[Over Carl]

Precisely why I refused one. Well a multitude of reasons:

I already have my phone on contract with enough spare minutes to use for business calls - sod carrying two phones.

Can't be arsed with the headache when I lose/destroy/do whatever to it when pissed.

Don't want people disturbing me with work outside work time - even if I'm sat at my desk I won't answer my desk phone after 5.00.00pm

Don't want people disturbing me when I'm having a nap on a train on journey to one of our sites.

Don't want company to be able to use phone provision as an arguement when it comes to appraisal time (might have helped as I got bored waiting and pretty much demanded a raise on monday - yesterday md told me yesterday something will be done before end of the month once he's done some sums)

I also personally hate their image for precisely the reasons gti mentioned. Get on the tube in rush hour and I guarantee you will see at least 5 people in your carriage flashing their blackberries like they're some kind of ultra exclusive designer item their business has given them as being out of touch with the office for a minute would mean the end of the world. Look on the screen and most will be playing breakout.

Final reason is I detest the devices. Absolute wank in my opinion - smartphones for dummies - only redeeming features imo are two things - excellent implementation of push email and integration with outlook. 2nd is that they don't seem to slow down at all, even with billions of contacts and messages. I prefer win mobile a million times more, despite all the bugs and shite responsiveness.


Also whatever you do, do not buy a balckberry 8120 (the narrow one). Even if you get used to the shite keyboard - we've had loads mess up in our company - common fault is calls not being heard/displayed, then loads of missed calls showing, also when this fault occurs sometime if you are able to answer a call it automatically goes to speakerphone. At work we just get them replaced foc, but the service providers don't show so much concern to one domestic consumer with one phone.

[CzarJunkie]

No wonder this country is fucked, bunch of work shy tossers who only want to work 35 hours a week.

[Over Carl]

Dunno about that, frequent unpaid overtime was one of the key arguements I used when I demanded a raise.

[GTI]

No wonder this country is fucked, bunch of work shy tossers who only want to work 35 hours a week.

Trust me if I was self employed (like your good self) I would be a completely different beast. However when you work in a vast, bloated bureaucracy where 50% of the emails are usually bullshit and information overload is endemic, you quickly develop self-defence mechanisms to stop you going mad. We've become 21st century wage slaves, and the Blackberry is just another tool of enslavement along with company mobiles, mandatory business travel etc...

Of course some people will say "be thankful you have a job"

[ka$h]

Trust me if I was self employed (like your good self) I would be a completely different beast. However when you work in a vast, bloated bureaucracy where 50% of the emails are usually bullshit and information overload is endemic, you quickly develop self-defence mechanisms to stop you going mad. We've become 21st century wage slaves, and the Blackberry is just another tool of enslavement along with company mobiles, mandatory business travel etc...

Of course some people will say "be thankful you have a job"

Be thankful you have a job, some of us are unemployed right now hrough no choice of our own!

tbh I wish I was working, this laying about all day is boring as fcuk!

As for the BB, I noticed they are doing them on PAYG for a fiver a month now. I thought about it then remembered I was out of a job! I have an HTC Touch Diamond which can be configured for push etc but I don't have any accounts configured for that. Is there any way this could be setup does anyone know?

[ka$h]

Huh?
Are you sure?

Was reviewed on the Radio last Tuesday. O2 will now do a BB on PAYG as long as you have at least a fiver credit on it, they will take that for a months unlimited emails and web surfing for that said fiver.

[ant3b]

100 pound for the phone though

[Over Carl]

Be thankful you have a job, some of us are unemployed right now hrough no choice of our own!

tbh I wish I was working, this laying about all day is boring as fcuk!

As for the BB, I noticed they are doing them on PAYG for a fiver a month now. I thought about it then remembered I was out of a job! I have an HTC Touch Diamond which can be configured for push etc but I don't have any accounts configured for that. Is there any way this could be setup does anyone know?

I may be wrong, but I think push email on win mobile devices like the htc touch diamond depends on being able to connect to a microsoft exchange server for your email which normally are only found in a corporate envioronment.

[ka$h]

I may be wrong, but I think push email on win mobile devices like the htc touch diamond depends on being able to connect to a microsoft exchange server for your email which normally are only found in a corporate envioronment.

Yeah, that's what I thought Was hoping someone knew different. Oh well, we live in hope.

[ka$h]

100 pound for the phone though

£135 they were quoting, but then again, I thought you had to buy the handset on PAYG anyway

[Goldberg]

Sent from my Blackberry

[GTI]

£135 they were quoting, but then again, I thought you had to buy the handset on PAYG anyway

Eh??
I start a thread cursing this wretched device and here's you lot talking about getting one.

[Goldberg]

Eh??
I start a thread cursing this wretched device and here's you lot talking about getting one.

I think my post above says different.... It's also true of the iTwat
"Sent from my iPhone"

I get so pissed off at receiving mails signed off with one or the other now that I have added a signature to my webmails:

"sent from my cum stained PC"

Needless to say it does not go down too well with everyone....

I love my mobile 'PHONE'. It does the same this as my house 'phone', but is mobile!!

[ant3b]

Eh??
I start a thread cursing this wretched device and here's you lot talking about getting one.

I was stating the price mate , i hate the things.. especially configuring them for our laptops.. we have all sorts of restrictions.

[GTI]

I think my post above says different.... It's also true of the iTwat
"Sent from my iPhone"

I get so pissed off at receiving mails signed off with one or the other now that I have added a signature to my webmails:

"sent from my cum stained PC"

Needless to say it does not go down too well with everyone....

I love my mobile 'PHONE'. It does the same this as my house 'phone', but is mobile!!

Its usually an excuse for a poorly written message choc-full of spelling mistakes. Dont those fucking RIMmers add a spell check to their phone??