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barneyrubble · 20-04-2008, 08:57 PM

Well, it looks like i am going to buck the trend.

There is no current converged device that will do everything I want it to, and it is unlikely to ever happen.

My requirements are as follows:

Exchange Push Mail
Blackberry Connect Client
GPS (one the wife can use as well - she won't use a pocketpc - too complex and unstable for her)
Agenda, contacts etc
Password Safe

What I would really like, is an Iphone that does GPS and A2DP, with a blackberry client as well as the Push Exchange mail.

What I currently have is an Iphone, a blackberry pearl 8110, and a Tomtom Go 720.

This solves all my issues. Blackberry mail is purely for work, so I can leave it behind at the weekend and not worry. Iphone is my main phone, will have push exchange with 1.2 firmware.

Tomtom go 720 has the euro maps we require, and the wife can use it when I'm not around. This saves me getting a second device for her to use, as we only have one car. I'm not really looking to converge these at all. Once I get push Exchange on the Iphone I will be a happy man.

20-04-2008, 08:57 PM	#37 (permalink)
barneyrubble Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 43	Re: Is GPS a major deciding factor in device choice? Well, it looks like i am going to buck the trend. There is no current converged device that will do everything I want it to, and it is unlikely to ever happen. My requirements are as follows: Exchange Push Mail Blackberry Connect Client GPS (one the wife can use as well - she won't use a pocketpc - too complex and unstable for her) Agenda, contacts etc Password Safe What I would really like, is an Iphone that does GPS and A2DP, with a blackberry client as well as the Push Exchange mail. What I currently have is an Iphone, a blackberry pearl 8110, and a Tomtom Go 720. This solves all my issues. Blackberry mail is purely for work, so I can leave it behind at the weekend and not worry. Iphone is my main phone, will have push exchange with 1.2 firmware. Tomtom go 720 has the euro maps we require, and the wife can use it when I'm not around. This saves me getting a second device for her to use, as we only have one car. I'm not really looking to converge these at all. Once I get push Exchange on the Iphone I will be a happy man.