I picked up my TB from Best Buy as soon as they opened this morning. I'm switching over to Android from BB (over 8 years of loyalty across many different phones...most recently, the Storm 2). This was a big decision for me.
I read a lot about how Androids are great, but they lack in basic functionalities that business users are used to and require. Although I contemplated canceling my order (especially because of the delays), I decided to just stop reading any more and just jump into it.
To activate, it took a 5 minute phone call to Vzw. The first issue that scared me is the 1,000 contact limit. That's ridiculous for any phone to have in this day and age. I have well over this amount. I read that there are 3rd party apps that can accommodate this, but none mentioned that they work with MS Exchange Server. I happened to read somewhere that with Exchange or an SD card, the phone can accommodate more contacts. I decided to try and it worked just fine and sync'd my contacts with outlook in about 10 minutes. Same for calendar and email.
The fact that the included email app can't sync Outlook notes and tasks boggles my mind. The OS has been out for years now so I see no excuse for this. Their geniuses need to figure it out.
I also don't like how you can't combine all of your email addresses (exchange, pop, gmail, etc.) into one combined folder. My exchange and pop accounts are in 1 and gmail and gmail hosted are in another.
The battery life is beyond pitiful. Granted, today i had to sync/load a lot of new things, but these phones, with all their capabilities, need to really last longer in order to get any kind of reasonable use out of them. 4 hours from a full charge to warning zone is unacceptable. I don't mind charging the phone here and there, but at the rate it drains the battery, it's better to just stay on a charger at all times.
The first app i downloaded was a task killer. It shocks me how you can't close any darn application while trying exit it. it just stays running and takes up unnecessary memory and battery life. i constantly keep opening this app to kill stuff.
The good stuff:
The OS is brilliant. very intuitive and notifications are a cinch to view with the pull down menu from atop the home screen.
The processor is fast. It doesn't lag at all, anywhere, even after i loaded all my data, email, apps running, etc. My co-worker has a Droid Pro and we both opened Google maps on it, zoomed all the way in (to see the 3d buildings) and the TB won in every way...it renders everything almost instantly. whereas on his DP, it takes 3-5 seconds each time you move.
Internet is blazing. Speed test results all day have been 7Mbps to 19Mbps. It's faster than our connection at the office and home.
So all in all, i'm going to keep it at least until the next 4g Android with world roaming capabilities comes out. Cheers!
I read a lot about how Androids are great, but they lack in basic functionalities that business users are used to and require. Although I contemplated canceling my order (especially because of the delays), I decided to just stop reading any more and just jump into it.
To activate, it took a 5 minute phone call to Vzw. The first issue that scared me is the 1,000 contact limit. That's ridiculous for any phone to have in this day and age. I have well over this amount. I read that there are 3rd party apps that can accommodate this, but none mentioned that they work with MS Exchange Server. I happened to read somewhere that with Exchange or an SD card, the phone can accommodate more contacts. I decided to try and it worked just fine and sync'd my contacts with outlook in about 10 minutes. Same for calendar and email.
The fact that the included email app can't sync Outlook notes and tasks boggles my mind. The OS has been out for years now so I see no excuse for this. Their geniuses need to figure it out.
I also don't like how you can't combine all of your email addresses (exchange, pop, gmail, etc.) into one combined folder. My exchange and pop accounts are in 1 and gmail and gmail hosted are in another.
The battery life is beyond pitiful. Granted, today i had to sync/load a lot of new things, but these phones, with all their capabilities, need to really last longer in order to get any kind of reasonable use out of them. 4 hours from a full charge to warning zone is unacceptable. I don't mind charging the phone here and there, but at the rate it drains the battery, it's better to just stay on a charger at all times.
The first app i downloaded was a task killer. It shocks me how you can't close any darn application while trying exit it. it just stays running and takes up unnecessary memory and battery life. i constantly keep opening this app to kill stuff.
The good stuff:
The OS is brilliant. very intuitive and notifications are a cinch to view with the pull down menu from atop the home screen.
The processor is fast. It doesn't lag at all, anywhere, even after i loaded all my data, email, apps running, etc. My co-worker has a Droid Pro and we both opened Google maps on it, zoomed all the way in (to see the 3d buildings) and the TB won in every way...it renders everything almost instantly. whereas on his DP, it takes 3-5 seconds each time you move.
Internet is blazing. Speed test results all day have been 7Mbps to 19Mbps. It's faster than our connection at the office and home.
So all in all, i'm going to keep it at least until the next 4g Android with world roaming capabilities comes out. Cheers!
) the browser on the Androids are quicker but I have found the BB dooable and I have Metro PCS right now. Yes apps on android are more plentiful but some people want tons of apps some dont. BB does have less apps but most of what they have are very useful and not full of fluff.