My blackberry curve is very functional and handy. I have it set up to synch with multiple email accounts and use the GPS telenav application often on commute. I get traffic alerts and can real time monitor where I'm going with the GPS application. I'm not sure how valuable this is to me long term, but right now it is, when traveling to a place I'm not familiar, I can get real time directions and voice commands (like a "tom tom" or garmin). Blackberries are proprietary and use their own network and operating systems. Windows type PDA's use a light version of Windows and usually activesych to reconcile to another system (like email). If you want sexy probably go with the windows type, if you want business functional probably go with the blackberry, either way, it's personal choice. I lost some features I liked when I went from my WAP phone, with great video to a blackberry with none (my model).
But! I gained a lot more that is really useful to me business and personal- wise.
Almost all phones allow SMS text messaging, some provide for instant messaging as well. To receive text messages, you tell your colleagues/friends your number, and they can text to you. If you wish to "subscribe" to some daily alert, etc. you are usually asked to send some keyword to a short number, for example: subscribe sent to 12345.
Some devices have wifi built in, some have video capabilities, some better signal strenght and battery life than others. It's all a trade-off. There's no one perfect device, although some say the Apple I-Phone is.
Ya'll saw a prev blog from me on smartphones and wap phones.... Blackberries and Windows pda phones are smartphones. WAP phones basically let you browse the internet, and are multi-media functional (mp3 players, video players, etc), and most let you see some sort of email although usually hotmail type accounts. Most all devices have a camera.
Almost everyone has a cell phone nowadays. It's up to how you want to use it, what is valuable to you, as to what you should pick.
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