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Jake H. @ Jun 30th 2008 10:57PM

is it just me, or is android just gonna be a blackberry with some cool features that are just gimicks? google maps is cool, but i have that on my 7100i, plus my blackberry gets email pushed to it. i'm certainly open to trying out android, but i hope its not as disapointing as the iphone op sys was to me. i like very technical op systems, like on winmo phones, and trackwheel blackberrys that let me see all the options when i select something.

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Jato Jay @ Jul 1st 2008 12:21AM

Android isn't really about slick new feature sets. It's about opening up the mobile market to open-source. And is open source worth it for phones? Hell yes.

Also as an aside, Blackberrys don't use push, they use real email. Push is when email is converted into a text message and sent to you, which is what most devices use for email. That's what makes Blackberrys the premier device for email.

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frank @ Jul 1st 2008 12:21AM

I was just thinking the same thing. What'll definitely make it for me is native G-stuff, particularly the calendar. But beyond that, yeah... Guess we'll have to see.

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OziD @ Jul 1st 2008 2:31AM

@Jato: Where did you pick up that gem? Push is similar to text messages in that info is being sent to your phone as it is created or received, but it isn't converted in any way.

At least not in its natural form. What the server does with the info before it pushes it is it's own deal.

You can get email pushed to many devices in full HTML. It just depends on the server and the client. Blackberry does in fact receive pushed emails.

The term Push does not imply worsened quality :)

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Dave @ Jul 1st 2008 1:43PM

@OziD

I concur with you...I have no idea where Jato got his definition of Push Email, but it is definitely not that...WinMo phones (at least when synced with an Exchange server) use push email, and they get full HTML in all its glory. It is "real email", although I would agree with the fact that the amount of text editing that can be done when composing an email on the phone is limited.

Now if you want to talk about gimmicks, how about charging a person/company extra each month to use BB Connect when you can use an exchange server (less data charges) for free? :)

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