So a week ago I was able to score an 8gb iPhone3G. In turn, I turned my Blackberry Pearl off. It's been one week, and I am not missing the BlackBerry a bit. Understand that with the Blackberry I was always connected to my corporate Exchange server for latest e-mails, contacts, calendar appointments, etc. Because our company (don't ask me why) won't turn on Activesync, I am unable to connect directly to the Exchange server via my iPhone.
And you know what?
I don't miss that.
Don't get me wrong. I think the Blackberry is a fine device, and does what it claims to do very well. The trouble is I am not the person that needs the Blackberry. I am not a road warrior. I am not a sales person. I am not a remote employee. I work a relatively normal 9-5 job with limited travel. My portal at work is Outlook. It's on the laptop. When I'm not at work, I can view it via Outlook Web Access via any internet connected PC. I can do that on my iPhone too.
I don't miss having my work e-mail in my face evertime I look at my phone. Certainly I've found a way to get my work e-mail on my iPhone, but I don't find myself reading it or looking at it.
The iPhone is a cool device, but the novelty of it is not new for me. Mrs. PascalFan has had one since February so I'd get to play with it every now and then. Now I have my own (albeit half the price and twice the speed) and I'm very pleased.
Anybody want to buy a used Blackberry Pearl for AT&T for cheap?
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