FOAK: Mobiles

Sad, isn't it. I get really fucked off when people dick about with them
in meetings too.

Email is the only thing a Blackberry even attempts to do well. Every
other aspect to the thing is utter, utter, utter, unmitigated shit. And
I don't particularly care whether my phone supports email in the first
place.

I've bitched about mine so much I've been offered a Samsung device
instead, running Windows Mobile. Honestly, it's like trying to judge a
shiniest turd contest.

 

I'm happy we don't have email on our work phones at all.

I'm unhappy our work phones are all Blackberries.

If you can make any sense of the logic behind this I'd love to know.

 

There is financial sense if roaming overseas a lot

 

As I say there is a flat rate international tariff which saves some
companies a hoooge amount of money. But it doesn't seem difficult to
just identify the roaming staff who might need one!

It was interesting to see in Asia the proliferation of rather nice
looking (sim free) phones we never get in the UK/EU market. Lots with
slide out QWERTY keyboards.

 

You mean you aren't subjected to the delights of Lotus Notes Traveler?

 

No, it's full blown notes and vpn for everything.