IF you were to return Nexus - what would you swap it for?

[greghei1]

Even though it may sound like it, I'm not a troll, and this is a real question.

I grew weary of BES problems at my office, and paid full retail for the GN, putting my BB 9930 in my desk drawer. It's my first Android device. I also have an iPhone 4 from my firm on AT&T, but the coverage is intolerable all over the SF Bay Area, so I need to keep my Verizon phone (have been a GTE/Verizon guy since 1992).

My problem is that the GN just isn't good enough for "mission critical" enterprise Exchange email, at least right now. It spontaneously reboots a couple of times a day, inexplicably doesn't send emails for several hours, loses signal, has worse signal strength/dropped calls than my iPhone, etc., etc., etc.

I love bleeding edge technology, but the one place where I can't tolerate it is with my work email. It just has to work consistently. The BB usually does, and the iPhone nearly always does. The Nexus isn't there yet, and I don't know how much longer I can wait for an update that may or may not fix things.

So, my question for the group (since I'm assuming that nobody knows when/what updates are coming (or isn't talking)) is whether there is another LTE Android device that is good enough to rely upon for critical email access, or is Android inherently just not that bulletproof?

Thanks,
Greg

 

[SSHGuru]

That's an incredibly difficult question because I would expect updates to come very quickly on the Nexus.

But if you need mission critical email I don't think there is better than the blackberry.

 

[CarryMe]

But if you need mission critical email I don't think there is better than the blackberry.

This.

 

[Premium1]

That's an incredibly difficult question because I would expect updates to come very quickly on the Nexus.

But if you need mission critical email I don't think there is better than the blackberry.

Except he said other lte phones so I would say the rezound. Just because I do not like what moto is doing and especially not the non-removable battery.

 

[Terrigno]

Solid Email? Pull that BlackBerry back out. Return that GN. It wont provide the email experience that the Bold 9930 does. And that Bold was a fantastic phone when I owned it. Then I sold it and came back to Android because Im just to cool for school.

 

[CarryMe]

Just because I do not like what moto is doing

What is it that moto is doing that you don't like?

 

[Premium1]

What is it that moto is doing that you don't like?

Well the encrypted bootloaders, blur, non removable battery is the biggest for me especially until lte chips become less battery killers. I like being able to swap batteries or stick an extended battery in my phone so I do not have to worry about the phone dying and not being able to charge it. Also it seems that they come out with a new phone every month and hold out 1 or two features from the phone before. All this is going to do is cause longer for updates and potentially lead to less support time from moto.

 

[Droid800]

Rezound is a good option, but Motorola has better enterprise support


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[mears]

If I had to walk out with another phone, it would be the Rezound. What I will be doing, is returning my GNex and falling back to my OG until the first Tegra 3 with an unlocked bootloader is available.

 

[SSHGuru]

Have you tried using k-9 mail? I would stay away from the Rezound... out of all of them I think it would be the worst.

 

[ottscay]

Try MailDroid, K9, or Touchdown (for true Exchange support). Otherwise, go back to a BlackBerry IMO. I can't sympathize because I've never had an email issue on my GN, but if you are that's obviously a serious work issue, and BlackBerry is the standard for mission critical email.

You might want to pick up a Droid Pro - Moto has a lot of corporate email stuff baked into that phone, even though it's hardly cutting edge these days. And your Android purchases would transfer back to a GN (or any other Android device) if you switched back.

 

[Droid800]

Have you tried using k-9 mail? I would stay away from the Rezound... out of all of them I think it would be the worst.

Why?


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[yapkuen]

Haven't bought myself a GNex yet--thought I'd try and let the early adopters work out some of the kinks on an Android device for once--but my resilience is fading and I might pick one up next week or shortly after the new year. My current thinking is that if it doesn't work out for me, my next choice is the Rezound, as I'm coming from an HTC Incredible and it has been quite good to me, and personally I'm a big fan of Sense.

If, however, I were to return a Galaxy Nexus specifically because I needed better Exchange email support, I'd definitely turn to BlackBerry. It won't be bleeding edge, but the Bold 9700 I have through my employer is a workhorse when it comes to corporate connectivity, and I can run it for a week or more on a single battery charge (with WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth off by default) and never have to worry about realizing that it's dead in the middle of the day because I forgot to charge it the night before. I've also yet to find a single iOS or Android game that is more amusing to me in a pinch than BrickBreaker

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Keep in mind no new BB's until this time next year....
I would buy one off contract but RIM's days are numbered on the personal side, especially with the this message is truncated.etc you get from using BIS instead of BES.


You could always forward your email to a gmail acct and still respond from your work acct if that would work.

Rezound > Razr in both form factor and skin.

 

[CBCstillmatic]

I would get another GNex cause the only way this phone is going back to Verizon is if it's broken and I need a new one.

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[greghei1]

You could always forward your email to a gmail acct and still respond from your work acct if that would work.

Unfortunately, for security reasons, forwarding mail externally is locked out by our system.

So, to update, I reactivated my Bold, and will try going back to that for a few days before I decide whether or not to return the GN.

I'm really disappointed in the GN - I very much wanted to like it.

When it worked, the LTE was fantastic, and I loved the keyboard - it was the only thing I've used that I could type on as quickly as a BB, but otherwise the phone was just inferior in most respects to my iPhone 4. I know that it's blasphemous to say so here, but Google, Samsung and Verizon need to work very hard and very quickly to get this thing stable, because it's a long way from being competitive as a system, IMO, especially compared to the 4S.

I'm fortunate to be able to pay full shot for a phone when I want, so I may revisit the GN in a few months, but I'll plan on staying close to this board to see how things are going, first.

Thanks to all for your comments, and I'm still interested in your thoughts as to alternatives, because I'm still jonesing for a new device, and I've already "spent" the money in my mind.

Greg

 

[Josh515]

I would get another GNex cause the only way this phone is going back to Verizon is if it's broken and I need a new one.

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+100

 

[tk-093]

Google has always had crappy Exchange support. The HTCs and Motos of the world have added their own ActiveSync support to make up for the lack of Google's native support. I don't know how good ActiveSync is in ICS. I use Good Mobile Messaging.

The others are correct, if email is mission critical to you, a Blackberry is the way to go. If you don't mind throwing around a few bucks, you can always try Touchdown. I have not used it in a long time, but I've always heard good things about it. I think it works like Good Mobile Messaging does, where it keeps the corporate data all inside the Touchdown app and the app itself is what is password protected. This lets you use the rest of the device how ever you want and if you ever need to remote wipe the corproate data, it will just nuke the app leaving the rest of your device untouched. That may or may not be something you'd like.

Us admins love apps like that as it allows us to just support the little program and it allows the end users to get whatever device they want and I don't have to know or care how the device works, we can make them contact the cellular carriers for support outside the email app.

Unfortunately, for security reasons, forwarding mail externally is locked out by our system.

So, to update, I reactivated my Bold, and will try going back to that for a few days before I decide whether or not to return the GN.

I'm really disappointed in the GN - I very much wanted to like it.

When it worked, the LTE was fantastic, and I loved the keyboard - it was the only thing I've used that I could type on as quickly as a BB, but otherwise the phone was just inferior in most respects to my iPhone 4. I know that it's blasphemous to say so here, but Google, Samsung and Verizon need to work very hard and very quickly to get this thing stable, because it's a long way from being competitive as a system, IMO, especially compared to the 4S.

I'm fortunate to be able to pay full shot for a phone when I want, so I may revisit the GN in a few months, but I'll plan on staying close to this board to see how things are going, first.

Thanks to all for your comments, and I'm still interested in your thoughts as to alternatives, because I'm still jonesing for a new device, and I've already "spent" the money in my mind.

Greg