using a blackberry?

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:33 am

signed. just wanted to see if it's really as global as they say. anyone else?

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:01 am

yeh man. its wicked for buying records... i can be on the train home from work, get an email from BMSoho or Phonica saying there is TPs or promos in and snap them up quicktime. thats the best bit.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:46 pm

tronman wrote:yeh man. its wicked for buying records... i can be on the train home from work, get an email from BMSoho or Phonica saying there is TPs or promos in and snap them up quicktime. thats the best bit.

it's crazy isn't it.

not only do i get basketball & baseball scores, but traffic reports, weather, etc. insane gadget.

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:20 pm

1. 24 hours a day you are a slave to your job.

2. makes you a social retard...constantly checking mail.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:37 pm

Spaceboy wrote:1. 24 hours a day you are a slave to your job.

2. makes you a social retard...constantly checking mail.

both true. both realities of 2006 city livin.

statuz · Post by **statuz** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:37 am

Spaceboy wrote:1. 24 hours a day you are a slave to your job.

2. makes you a social retard...constantly checking mail.

The general standard of people has gone down regardless of technology. Having a good phone just gives me a good excuse to avoid retards.

I have a Sidekick 2, which I prefer to the Blackberry - esentially the same thing though.

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:56 am

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:34 pm

Spaceboy wrote:1. 24 hours a day you are a slave to your job.

reply to emails on the way to work, so when u get in u can cotch and have a bowl of crunchy nut and check dubstepforum.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:02 pm

so how much does one cost to run?

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:12 pm

boomnoise wrote:so how much does one cost to run?

thas wat im finkin

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:19 pm

boomnoise wrote:so how much does one cost to run?

free! company pays for it. (thank god)

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:21 pm

i might request 1 stihalll

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:32 pm

Spaceboy wrote:
boomnoise wrote:so how much does one cost to run?
free! company pays for it. (thank god)

get me.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:42 pm

Spaceboy wrote:
boomnoise wrote:so how much does one cost to run?
free! company pays for it. (thank god)

same. thank god too, because the monthly is dear..

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:56 pm

Spaceboy wrote:
boomnoise wrote:so how much does one cost to run?
free! company pays for it. (thank god)

doesn't really answer my question. i'm wondering how much companies are spending for the priviledge of having 24hr staff on 8 hour wages.

vertigo · Post by **vertigo** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:10 pm

My company pays $60 a month.

I turn off the fuckin' blackberry after 7pm and during weekends.

Only use it while I am travelling ( working time!

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thinking · Post by **thinking** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:41 pm

not got a Blackberry but I've had Smartphones for years - constantly usin email, IE & MSN these days and I def couldn't go back to having 'just a phone'. Fuckin love it.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:34 pm

so if i want a phone which can do all this extra shit and blackberries are too expensive - what should i get?

i have a pda and i connect to free wireless networks to browse the net but i'd quite like to be hooked up all the time.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:08 am

boomnoise wrote:so if i want a phone which can do all this extra shit and blackberries are too expensive - what should i get?

i have a pda and i connect to free wireless networks to browse the net but i'd quite like to be hooked up all the time.

Orange M3100 man - runs on Win Mobile 5.0 (a good thing), WiFi & Skype as standard. Decent review here: http://www.coolsmartphone.com/index.php ... 0&Itemid=3

You can pick up one for free with Orange on certain tariffs, recommended.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:51 pm

blackberry users= overworked, underpaid, stressed individuals.

if you take a look at any random train carriage at rush hour in my town, there are easily 15 to 25 blackberrys around you. the problem now in regards to spaceboy's comment, is that your job contract requires you to be "on message" (<<literally the wording in my contract). so in once sense, the blackberry is a part of your job; the thinking being that your input at all times is crucial to business. this is especially true of businesses like finance and advertising, where time is literally money.

it also means that as human's we're giving up a major part of communication face to face. there's so many times when i've run across people who say things like, " let's "berry" at 645, rather than trying to get everyone together." lol

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