What is with the hoopla surrounding BlackBerry’s? I don’t owe one but everybody talks about how great they are. This smartphone has to be close to like the second coming of Jesus since our own president won’t let his go even after it was brought to his attention that it could lead to a national security breach. Or what about BlackBerry attaining pop culture infamy and now being referenced to as the Crackberry because of its addictive nature?
Let’s examine some of the facts here about this popular device. The BlackBerry lets users do a number cool things from the phone for example let’s examine the phone’s email and text messaging capabilities. BlackBerry allows owners to add up to ten personal and work email accounts to their phone and also keeps them in touch with push-delivery technology. The push-delivery feature sends an alert to users when any of their email accounts receive a message. BlackBerry owners have the ability to access important work documents since these files can be opened directly from the smartphone. Owners can also record their thoughts and send it as an email attachment or MMS message.
Another cool feature on the phone relates to its instant messaging feature. BlackBerry supports a number of popular IM applications (some business ones too) which allows a user to translate their IM computer experience easily over to the phone. What about your social networking sites you ask? Well, BlackBerry takes care of this too by seamlessly integrating your social networking experience with the phone. Users can update their statuses instantaneously, post pictures in a flash or post on friend’s walls easily through popular social networking applications specifically designed for BlackBerry (Facebook, Flickr and MySpace).
So it makes sense that this phone garners the level of stickiness that popular culture has given it. However, I’m not a mainstream follower and will stick with my plain Samsung Eternity even though it doesn’t have the phone IQ (aka capabilities) to be considered a true smartphone. I don’t need all those bells and whistles to keep me entertained but I won’t rule out an occasional romp on the web with my phone either. So I’ll leave the Crackberry to the addicts and stay drug free.
