With all due respect

[MrClean]

I think if someone wants a BB and has the means to pay for it, then I'm pretty sure that it's OK for them to have one. If we started basing skills on "worthy of ownership", most drivers would not be allowed to own a car.

And more than a few parents would be missing their kids if this applied to parenting as well.

 

[lekky]

Hah, seriously this makes me laugh, see lots of them on the train it always cracks me up.

 

[IOWA]

Hah, seriously this makes me laugh, see lots of them on the train it always cracks me up.

Ditto.

 

[x531x]

i work for verizon and about 90% of people wanting to go to a data phone ask about a blackberry and i ask why they want a blackberry and most say they didnt know there was other options besides the iphone

also when the droid came out there was so many people that came up and asked "can i get a droid" and when i said "which one" almost all of them had no clue about the eris and after i showed them the eris, most went with it

i bet most people in the market for a smart phone only want what their friend has cuz they are scared to make a wrong decision

Great point. That's crazy about the droid! Seriously though there are a lot of ignorant, clueless people out there who need to do a lot more research before they buy something.

 

[rhodzy]

As a smartphone and a blackberry user I have to agree with "blackberrys are for business users" I made the mistake once of have a blackberry for my company phone and decided that I wanted a BB storm for my home phone. This was a bad move and after only a couple of weeks I sold it and went back to the iPhone. Blackberrys are great for business users although me personally do prefer windows mobile / I think blackberrys do look pretty good though sitting there but agree totally with @x531x that users need to do more research when choosing a phone.

I have spent countless hours over the last week deciding which phone to go for next, I know I didnt want the iPhone again as I still have my 3G which I will be keeping but the three I was undecided about were:

Nexus one
HTC Desire
HTC Legend

In the end I have gone for the HTC Legend which should be delivered today - I hope I have made the right choice.