I have to agree with you yet again, Daniel. Before I got my Blackberry, I had a Windows Mobile-based phone, and before that a Windows Mobile-based PDA. None of them even come close to comparing to the Blackberry.
It's too bad that you can't get $work to spring for BES -- without it, my Blackberry would be nearly useless. I had my Blackberry for exactly a week before I got BES installed and "upgraded" with my carrier to support BES. The synchronization that it provides is priceless. During that one-week period, I'd delete messages from my phone, then have to delete them from Exchange again. Now, I have the synchronization and it freakin' rocks. I never have to worry about manually synch'ing anything.
I'm out of the office (and away from a PC) just as much as I'm in the office, so having the Blackberry has been a lifesaver from me. It's really good from the customer service aspect as well -- my voice mail message at work says something like "for a faster response, please send me e-mail". While I may only check voice mail once a week (if I'm not "in"), I'll get their e-mail (and can respond) near instantaneously.
I'm sure you've probably brought it up to $boss before, but the pricing on BES Express is really awesome. RIM's U.S. Pricing page lists a price of $1,099 USD for BES Express (supports up to 15 users) and includes 5 CAL's. I understand that's not chump change, but for no more than what it costs, it's definitely worth it.
Like you, however, I can't wait for the 8800 to come out.
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It's too bad that you can't get $work to spring for BES -- without it, my Blackberry would be nearly useless. I had my Blackberry for exactly a week before I got BES installed and "upgraded" with my carrier to support BES. The synchronization that it provides is priceless. During that one-week period, I'd delete messages from my phone, then have to delete them from Exchange again. Now, I have the synchronization and it freakin' rocks. I never have to worry about manually synch'ing anything.
I'm out of the office (and away from a PC) just as much as I'm in the office, so having the Blackberry has been a lifesaver from me. It's really good from the customer service aspect as well -- my voice mail message at work says something like "for a faster response, please send me e-mail". While I may only check voice mail once a week (if I'm not "in"), I'll get their e-mail (and can respond) near instantaneously.
I'm sure you've probably brought it up to $boss before, but the pricing on BES Express is really awesome. RIM's U.S. Pricing page lists a price of $1,099 USD for BES Express (supports up to 15 users) and includes 5 CAL's. I understand that's not chump change, but for no more than what it costs, it's definitely worth it.
Like you, however, I can't wait for the 8800 to come out.