Blackberry?????

[tony bag o donuts]

I miss the sleeper magnet (seriously). It was ingenius idea as well as charging pods to save on wear and tear on the usb ports.

I think BB as the standard for messaging will end in the near future.
Widgets and multiple screens help me out more than hitting the BB button, opening the app, etc.

 

[gafly]

Actually, RIM (Research in Motion) is a company and BlackBerry is there branded product.

I'm fully aware BlackBerry is a branded product of RIM and still say that RIM IS BlackBerry. BlackBerry is RIM's ONLY consumer product line (Emphasis on Only).

NWA Inc. was the name of the company that owned and operated Northwest Airlines before The merger with DAL. Would it be wrong to say that Northwest Airlines IS NWA Inc.? No, it wouldn't be wrong. Would it be wrong to say "I like Northwest Airlines but hate NWA Inc."? Yes, it is wrong to say that.

 

[tucker973]

"I like Northwest Airlines but hate NWA Inc."? Yes, it is wrong to say that.

I love semantic detours like this, but I think the OP's point is that they typically like the BlackBerry OS and experience, but are frustrated with RIM's plans to update and advance the platform. Through minor incremental updates and underwhelming hardware, RIM is losing support fast, even among people who like the platform. Hence the OP likes BlackBerry but is disappointed with RIM. Even though BB is RIM's only consumer product, I think the OP's distinction between the product and the company is valid.

On-topic, I had a couple of those 'hey, how do I do this' or 'my BB did this, why can't the Droid X' moments early on, but they quickly disappeared as I got more comfortable with Android and found suitable replacements for BB functionality.

On the whole, the e-mail experience is far superior for me. All of my accounts are Google-based (several apps for domains accounts), and there's just no question that Android does gmail light years better than RIM's native implementation.

The only thing I really missed (I got over BBM immediately) was the profiles, and as someone else mentioned, there's a free app that mimics that functionality simply called Profiles. I used it and it was fine, but after a factory reset for an unrelated issue, I just never reinstalled it. I just dropped toggles for Vibrate and Silent on the home screen from beatiful widgets. As for 'phone calls only', well, if I decide I really need that I'll download Profiles again.

I basically haven't even thought about my BlackBerry since day two of owning this phone, to be honest. It's just light years beyond in every single way. Almost everything is completely customizable, it's lightning fast, there are so many awesome apps and tons of them are free, and the device itself is extremely well made.

Battery life isn't as good, but I'm fine with the charge I get. There are a zillion threads on improving battery life, and the extended battery is always an option.

You won't miss your Berry very much once you get used to Android, I promise.