scott wrote:

> Do you have the blackberry software to go with your exchange server?  I 
> was under the impression you can't just use this thing without the 
> server end being sorted out too.

Apparently it can connect to Outlook Web Access (which we have). Several 
other employees have it working, so it's gotta be possible somehow...

>> My first question is: Oh my God, what the HELL?! Are you KIDDING me?!! 
>> This thing is just *horrible* to operate. It took me, like, 25 minutes 
>> to type in an 8-character username! Jesus, talk about unfriendly...
> 
> Hmm, everyone I've seen using them seems to manage ok.  I don't think 
> they are meant to replace laptops, they are just for reading email and 
> sending short replies when you can't get access to WiFi or don't want to 
> use your laptop.  Actually in a couple of situations I'd wished I had a 
> similar device, would have saved a lot of time and money.

"Short" replies?

Hmm... extrapolating from my "8 characters in 25 minutes", a reply 
consisting of, say, a whole sentence could be something like 10 words 
long, each word probably 2--6 letters, making a total of about 32 
characters or so, which would take... over an hour to type.

Still, every now and then somebody from IT sends me a quick email that 
doesn't make sense, and I reply, and they're all like "damned iPhone 
keyboards!"

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