Blackberry 7230

Advances in gadgets and the endless roll out of new mobile technology continues at break neck pace and after taking on my new job I was presented with the RIM Blackberry 7230 Enterprise device to double up as both a mobile phone, PDA and wireless e-mail device to enable me to communicate with Assembly Members during Committee Meetings, check my e-mails while out of the office and ensure that I kept any appointments in my diary and I'm happy to say I was and still am impressed with my new piece of kit. The Blackberry is a handheld portable unit weighing in at 136g and it fits snugly into the palm of my hand measuring 11.3 cm in length, 7.5cm in width and being ...  Read the complete review

Issued a blackberry as a replacement for my work mobile phone, and first impressions were that I didn't like it. I think this is just that I saw it as a very bulky mobile phone. Admittedly, this was a very short sighted view of the Blackberry, my opinion has changed now to appreciate how useful it is. The blackberry devices are still one of the few devices which has true push email. That is to say, when an email is received by the server at HQ, it is automatically pushed to my blackberry, no need to connect or login to the email server to download the email. The same applies to sending emails, you write your email, click send and away it goes. It still ...  Read the complete review

When I was first informed by my boss that I would be getting a Blackberry on loan from work, I was actually very unhappy about it. The last thing I wanted was a PDA, a device that would be attached to me, go everywhere I went and make me feel like I was permanently at work. The first weekend that I had the PDA, I was stressed out. Did I need to check this device every second to make sure I did not miss an important email that would tell me to come into work? Or could I leave it in my bag and ignore it until Monday morning? ***What is a Blackberry?*** A Blackberry is one type of PDA in a range of different devices on the market that provides ...  Read the complete review

Before I upgraded this was my primary business phone for over a year. I found it to be very easy to use and delivered all that I wanted from a phone. The battery life is excellent which is ideal for a phone like this however I found that the fact it didn't have a speakerphone was really quite frustrating. The built in keypad is an excellent feature and is easy-to-use, when it is dark it lights up so that it is easy to use. The screen size is very big and is colourful making it really nice to use when sending messages. When reading lengthy messages it is possible to see the full text which is a very good feature. I also really like the ...  Read the complete review