Oh dear :(
Sorry to hear about your rat, sweetie. He's wiv da angles.

A: I have a Nokia of some sort, but my contract's almost up. Do I get a Blackberry Storm or an iPhone? Or does no one care?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:51, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I have both and the BB is far inferior

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:52, Reply)

Hmm.
To be honest if it has googlemaps and text and internet I'm fine.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:55, Reply)

The maps on my BB are absolutely awful
it is a couple of years old though
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:56, Reply)

Yeah, the Storm's the newest one, touch screen and keyboard.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:00, Reply)

I have a BB Torch
The maps are a bit slow to load, but once they're up they work well.

Internet is alright too.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Hmm.
My friend has awful problems with his iPhone, but it is 3G, not sure it's even 3GS.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:03, Reply)

The fact that they allowed the iphone 4 to get all the way through manufacturing
without anyone bothering to check that it actually functioned as a phone without a case, leads me to be a little suspicious of Apple's ability to do anything.

That said, my Blackberry has a tendancy to lose 2G phone signals in central london, whilst still allowing me to access the internet. Which is a bit crap
(Bazongaloid, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:08, Reply)

Then again, I've had no problems with my mac, even though there's been a design fault.
I love it, even if the screen's quite small.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:11, Reply)

Most 'smart phones' have that antenna problem somewhere on it, and it only effects people with really low signal.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:19, Reply)

No wai! We can be BBBFF's now

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:22, Reply)

OMG!
We could blackberry messenger and all sorts!
(Bazongaloid, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:27, Reply)

I have a fake iphone in the form of a samsung galaxy
Its the sex.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:56, Reply)

Oh yes, I considered Android
but decided against it. I hear you're joining us soon. I'm excited.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 8:59, Reply)

Why the fuck not?
Android is a basic iPhone with some extra bits for a fuck load cheaper.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:13, Reply)

Plus, Angry Birds is free!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:17, Reply)

ZOMG

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:30, Reply)

I NOES!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:41, Reply)

I don't see why anyone who hasn't gotten it from work gets a Blackberry.
Blackberrys are crap on so many levels, their marketing department are good though. At least once a month people on my facebook say something like "I've had my blackberry for a month now and I hate it, anyone got an iPhone for sale?".

I'm not saying get an iPhone, unless you want too, some of the Android phones and the Windows Mobile 7 ones are really ace too.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:00, Reply)

I've had mine over a month now
And I'm perfectly happy with it, and I did get it through work.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:02, Reply)

I really can't get on with the keyboard on them, I think the UI is dull and blocky, that it requires for more action (clicks/scrolling) to get where you want, the screens are really really poor quality (on par with the cheapest android phones)...
... and the whole Blackberry Server stuff for emails doesn't do anything, aside BBM, that Exchange can do for half the price plus no extra training required from the techy who sets them up.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:18, Reply)

I think the problem with getting a Windows phone would be that I use Mac.
They probably integrate, but you know.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:03, Reply)

Apparently it's not a problem.
Calender/Contacts/Mail _should_ sync with Google or Live (hotmail), although I've not used it.
Photos/Music/Video - www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1fe7ea0f-3ad6-4137-8397-d412a3792c33

I'm not sure about backing up things like applications and all that though.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 9:07, Reply)