Tried the EVO, went back to BB

[ohthebaby]

i can respect the fact u didnt bash it and gave an honest answer, evo isnt for everyone but u tried it so ill give you that much, sorry it didnt work out and enjoy the BB its def solid device, hopefully sooner then later android will make something for you to come over to the dark side

 

[r-nice]

Gotta do what works for you.

 

[rpmorri#CB]

Came from a Curve myself, and I'll admit I'm interested in seeing what all BB 6 can do, but I'm liking the Evo too much to go back (although my work phone is a TMo Curve 8900, so I'm not fully off BB yet).

 

[njbianco#AC]

but when it comes to phone calls, messaging and email (or any push related notification), BB is just better in my opinion.

I own the BB 9630 and the Evo and i actually prefer the Evo when it comes to SMS(I had the Moment since it was released so being used to touch screens has a lot to do with it I guess) and Voice. I was wondering what do you like more about the voice, messaging, and email on your BB.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

To each his own. As my sig says, get the phone that's best for you. For me, though, I have to disagree. The BB is better integrated with Outlook, and the calendar is better, but that's all I'll give it over the Evo. (And I have one of each right now.) It did take me a while to get comfortable with the Evo, and I've done a lot of customizing. But even stock, I prefer it to my company issued BB.

 

[Lockeskidney]

im kinda in the same boat as OP

i have about 3 days left in my 30 day trial and i cant say im fully sold. Coming from tmo and a bb its really nice to have a big screen and such

but the more i think about the device the more frustrated and worried i get about thinking of bailing. 4G isnt available in my area (Tmo will prob have HDSPA before i have 4G) and all the worries of 4G battery drain kinda make it a not worth while

most of the selling features are worthless (thanks to fring losing skype and lack of hdmi options) wireless tether requires a root (kill your warranty)

the biggest benefit for me at the moment will be the savings on my bill. i was paying about 65 bucks a month for unlimited text/call whereas im about 10 dollars less on my sprint plan

so i have a couple days to decide. i can always go back to tmo and get a captivate

 

[IIJBII]

I have Both the BB Tour and the EVO. I can understand and appreciate what the OP was saying and realize it's personal preference and what works for that person. I think it's great he gave it a shot and realized it wasn't what he needed. Nothing wrong with that and it's great we have these choices.

I don't understand why some folks bash others for their own personal preferences. I can understand where the OP was coming from and thought his post was done with class. It didn't bash the EVO just said his opinion and why.

 

[PM-Performance]

I kinda miss my BB some days even though the Evo is pretty bad@$$
The BB just worked. Always worked and never stopped working. Never got slow, never not pushed content. Just worked.

My Evo pushes my emails fine. Other stuff updates funky, but nothing of major concern.
I find myself having to tinker with this more then my BB. Constantly checking things I would never check before.

Multitasking and Adnroid takes some getting used to. remembering to hit the CDMA Auto after every boot sux too. lol

 

[roothog]

Most of you will probably argue with me because this is an Android forum, but when it comes to phone calls, messaging and email (or any push related notification), BB is just better in my opinion. The EVO does many things better than BB and is more feature rich and much faster, but considering 90% of the time I'm using my phone for the 3 things listed above, I made the decision to give up the EVO.

It's hard to disagree with you given your stated needs in a device. BB is one of the best when it comes to email. Devices with large touchscreens excel at things like web browsing, which was not one of the things you listed as something you need your phone to do. Sounds like you made the right choice.

 

[DougB541#CB]

I kinda miss my BB some days even though the Evo is pretty bad@$$
The BB just worked. Always worked and never stopped working. Never got slow, never not pushed content. Just worked.

My Evo pushes my emails fine. Other stuff updates funky, but nothing of major concern.
I find myself having to tinker with this more then my BB. Constantly checking things I would never check before.

Multitasking and Adnroid takes some getting used to. remembering to hit the CDMA Auto after every boot sux too. lol

Android and BB multi-tasking are pretty damn identical. What are you having issues getting used to?

And i went from a Curve 8330 to a Palm Pre and right then i realized i'm not going back to blackberry until they come out of the dark ages.

 

[RConcheiro#AC]

Making my switch from Blackberry 9700 to HTC EVO today... I myself have been using Blackberry for 3-4 years, so it'll be a big test to see how it goes... follow me!

http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=238523#post238523

 

[npark]

/shrug. My Evo works. My Palm Pre simply worked (and better at email than BB, IMHO).

WinMo, however, was a disaster. WinMo7 is, IMO, too little, too late.

I don't know if I can agree with the concept that Android phones are inferior to BB phones for email push. I say this because my biggest priority is my EAS work mail account. Moreover, there are hordes of people (at my Fortune 500 company with 50k employees) simply blowing up the IT requisition process for Android phones as soon as Android phones were "officially" available via the IT dept.

As an engineer, all the email and calendar push features work perfectly fine for me. However, I do agree that the better litmus test are the sales and services folks that live and breathe off their mobile devices. And with so many folks in my company in those groups getting Android devices and happy with their decision (with their experiences shared on the intranet forums), I really don't see how Android devices are at a relative disadvantage or are inferior.

 

[DougB541#CB]

/shrug. My Evo works. My Palm Pre simply worked (and better at email than BB, IMHO).

WinMo, however, was a disaster. WinMo7 is, IMO, too little, too late.

I don't know if I can agree with the concept that Android phones are inferior to BB phones for email push. I say this because my biggest priority is my EAS work mail account. Moreover, there are hordes of people (at my Fortune 500 company with 50k employees) simply blowing up the IT requisition process for Android phones as soon as Android phones were "officially" available via the IT dept.

As an engineer, all the email and calendar push features work perfectly fine for me. However, I do agree that the better litmus test are the sales and services folks that live and breathe off their mobile devices. And with so many folks in my company in those groups getting Android devices and happy with their decision (with their experiences shared on the intranet forums), I really don't see how Android devices are at a relative disadvantage or are inferior.

Why do you say that?

Its a complete revamp, visually enticing, MS has deep pockets to make the starting gate be not as bumpy as say the Palm Pre, there is no clear run away leader in the mobile phone marekt yet.

Its the perfect time to jump in. I think MS has a better chance than Palm to be honest.

 

[thekarens]

And, it's not WinMo 7. It's a whole new operating system from the ground up. I think Windows Phone 7 will be a great OS and phone. Not for me, but I think it will be very good and attract a lot of users.

 

[tscharf]

After 1 day with the 9650 Bold, I have decided to go back to the EVO. Best Buy has me on a list to call me as soon as one comes in.

Turns out, I can't go back to the BB after using the EVO. I used to get frustrated quite a bit with my Tour being laggy, but I had gotten used to it. After using a device as fast as the EVO, I just can't deal with it anymore. I really wish RIM would get their act together and put some serious processors in their phones. I was hoping the Bold would be a bit quicker due to the added memory, but it's not. BB OS6 looks nice, but I don't want to be stuck with a device that potentially won't have the processing power to run the new OS smoothly. The new trackpad is nice, and of course keyboard, but the screen just feels super tiny after having the EVO. Sometimes you don't realize a good thing until you've lost it. Luckily I'm still within my 30 days.

That being said, if anyone has any good suggestions on how I can get my POP email faster, I'm all ears. Thanks for the support.

 

[LurkMoar]

@BORG i said that it doesnt have a cap buddy did you read my post correctly?

And how am i wrong premuim data is unlimited resources how am i wrong buddy?

maybe i read it wrong but "The ten bucks is not for 4g data its for unlimited data no cap" sounds like you are saying the $10 is for unlimited data with no cap? sounds like you are implying that there is a data cap on unlimited plans without the $10, that is wrong there is no cap.

 

[Cobravision]

The reason for the $10 charge is not specifically for 4G and not for uncapped data, since the non-4G phones aren't capped anyway. The reason for the charge is that Sprint anticipates Evo and Epic users will simply use more data than other users because they are so much more data capable, and for that they have tacked on $10 extra bandwidth usage. This is a lesson learned from AT&T when their iPhone users used up much more bandwidth than their other smartphone users. Consider the $10 as an alternative to tiered pricing and data caps... for now.

 

[Wmadchef12]

Thats what i was saying since these devices are data hungry the 10 is for that reason i should have worded it better i shouldnt type while im sleepy.

 

[njbianco#AC]

That being said, if anyone has any good suggestions on how I can get my POP email faster, I'm all ears. Thanks for the support.

try the free app k9 from the market i personally have never used it but i have herd its a great email client with push email.

 

[bnrbranding]

That being said, if anyone has any good suggestions on how I can get my POP email faster, I'm all ears. Thanks for the support.

I am continually amazed at how many people don't use Gmail. If you have to have a non-gmail account, then you can forward all the mail to a gmail account and set it up to send mail as that account. It's not hard and will get your mail to you pretty darn quick. Gmail integration is fantastic on Android phones.

Oh yeah, welcome back.