I still don't understand Blackberry
Posted 04-10-2008 at 10:02 PM by Bob_McMillen
I just completed another server installation for Blackberry Enterprise on one of our client's servers.
I am convinced it s a status thing like Apple, and not the best thing out there.
Windows Mobile is free, and does everything that Blackberry does, but without the cost or other issues.
What other issues are there?
1. Its not as secure. You have to lower the security of the server to get it to send emails. Although Microsoft admittedly was the one who forced this.
2. Its an added expense. Why pay for it when Microsoft's version is free?
3. Its controlled by a centralized server system that breaks sometimes. There have been two major outages. Windows Mobile has no centralization, so if one server breaks everyone else's just keep going.
4. It adds an additional software program to your server that eats up memory and could cause program interaction problems. I had that happen today as it did not play well with another app that used SQL 2005. I got it to work but it took extra time.
Tell me why I'm wrong so I can understand. It seems insane to me to use Blackberry over Mobile. I'm open to changing my mind but so far no one has given me reason to.
I am convinced it s a status thing like Apple, and not the best thing out there.
Windows Mobile is free, and does everything that Blackberry does, but without the cost or other issues.
What other issues are there?
1. Its not as secure. You have to lower the security of the server to get it to send emails. Although Microsoft admittedly was the one who forced this.
2. Its an added expense. Why pay for it when Microsoft's version is free?
3. Its controlled by a centralized server system that breaks sometimes. There have been two major outages. Windows Mobile has no centralization, so if one server breaks everyone else's just keep going.
4. It adds an additional software program to your server that eats up memory and could cause program interaction problems. I had that happen today as it did not play well with another app that used SQL 2005. I got it to work but it took extra time.
Tell me why I'm wrong so I can understand. It seems insane to me to use Blackberry over Mobile. I'm open to changing my mind but so far no one has given me reason to.
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