Was going to try the 9900 since it is a touchscreen/keyboard hybrid but we just took the leap in and went all-Apple.Long time BB user and addict with a MacBook pro, iPad and iPod touch, have recently gone all-Apple (as of October 14th with our first iPhones, the 4S). Very sad to leave T-Mobile and our unlimited plans but they are the only carrier to not offer the iPhone.
Yes, I miss the physical keyboard on my 9700 and I tend to avoid writing emails on the iPhone because it just takes me so darn long and I am always hitting the wrong letters and end up backspacing all the time, whereas I would be sitting right in front of my laptop but would rather zip out emails on the BlackBerry. But I will just have to accept that it will take me a little longer to write emails and texts.
I do miss a lot of the cool BB tricks but the only REAL issues for me are the email notifications. Would love if a CONTACT could be assigned a custom ringtone for email and if each EMAIL ACCOUNT (work, personal, etc.) could have a separate, custom ringtone. Right now I get the one tone and I have to check each email account to see which email is new. And I do have the notifications set to alert which is kind of a pain because I get 100's of email a day on two separate work emails, and I do use the pull-down to get the latest 10 unread emails but I still miss a lot of important emails that don't make the top ten list but come through at the same time, especially when cousin Steve is forwarding tons of joke emails to everyone and my personal email inbox is being bombarded.
Finally, since I do have two work emails and the rest are personal (individual) and a personal account shared with my husband, I would love if I could have separate signatures on each email account. I need the signature with my business address and contact info on my work emails but I definitely don't need my work address on any personal emails. I don't need cousin Steve getting a hold of my work email and forwarding more spam!
Overall, I do like the iPhone 4S a lot. I have been an iPod Touch and IPad user for a couple of years so I wasn't as blown away by its capabilities and apps like my husband was (LOL) but it is nice to be able to play Angry Birds without having to take out another device. And the CAMERA. The winner, hands down.
Finally, the personal hotspot option on the iPhone allows me to get rid of my Verizon MiFi device. Just hope the wifi works as well. Too bad the maximum data offered by AT&T is 4 GB and no unlimited plans are available anymore.
Long time BB user and addict with a MacBook pro, iPad and iPod touch, have recently gone all-Apple (as of October 14th with our first iPhones, the 4S). Very sad to leave T-Mobile and our unlimited plans but they are the only carrier to not offer the iPhone.
Yes, I miss the physical keyboard on my 9700 and I tend to avoid writing emails on the iPhone because it just takes me so darn long and I am always hitting the wrong letters and end up backspacing all the time, whereas I would be sitting right in front of my laptop but would rather zip out emails on the BlackBerry. But I will just have to accept that it will take me a little longer to write emails and texts.
I do miss a lot of the cool BB tricks but the only REAL issues for me are the email notifications. Would love if a CONTACT could be assigned a custom ringtone for email and if each EMAIL ACCOUNT (work, personal, etc.) could have a separate, custom ringtone. Right now I get the one tone and I have to check each email account to see which email is new. And I do have the notifications set to alert which is kind of a pain because I get 100's of email a day on two separate work emails, and I do use the pull-down to get the latest 10 unread emails but I still miss a lot of important emails that don't make the top ten list but come through at the same time, especially when cousin Steve is forwarding tons of joke emails to everyone and my personal email inbox is being bombarded.
Finally, since I do have two work emails and the rest are personal (individual) and a personal account shared with my husband, I would love if I could have separate signatures on each email account. I need the signature with my business address and contact info on my work emails but I definitely don't need my work address on any personal emails. I don't need cousin Steve getting a hold of my work email and forwarding more spam!
Overall, I do like the iPhone 4S a lot. I have been an iPod Touch and IPad user for a couple of years so I wasn't as blown away by its capabilities and apps like my husband was (LOL) but it is nice to be able to play Angry Birds without having to take out another device. And the CAMERA. The winner, hands down.
Finally, the personal hotspot option on the iPhone allows me to get rid of my Verizon MiFi device. Just hope the wifi works as well. Too bad the maximum data offered by AT&T is 4 GB and no unlimited plans are available anymore.
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