Sprint won't let Nextel iDEN network chirp its last chirp, plans rejuvenation effort

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Eric @ Nov 1st 2008 1:13PM

I recently went back to a Nextel Blackberry for my job. I was looking forward to having my contact list from outlook seamlessly tie the nextel contact list, but no such luck. So, the first few weeks has been trying to get my contacts' radio numbers matched up to my global contact list without duplicates in the BB. Luckily, the department keeps a contact list on a spreadsheet (HUH?).

Oh, and why is it that my personal free Google account with IMAP automatically refreshes the inbox on all my email-capable devices (phone, N800 and PCs), but the Blackberry just collects a ton of unsorted mail from my companies' Exchange server and doesn't do anything else?

If that's what people think a smart phone is, no wonder the iPhone is such a hit.

Oh, and after living without a Direct Connect solution and coming back, I have to say it really doesn't save much time. Speakerphones and/or bluetooth headsets are far superior. The best thing about 2-way radios is roundtable discussion and general calls for assistance (since everyone is monitoring the repeater), 2 things that are difficult and very expensive with Nextels.

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