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icurhere2 Feb 18, 2010 10:36 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13418852)
I'm on B:rolleyes:lt thanks to stupid Comcast yanking my broadband every 10 minutes for no discernible reason. :mad:

I upgraded to Bolt 1.70 earlier today. Don't notice anything appreciable yet.

icurhere2 Feb 18, 2010 10:39 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13418873)
I have two other dinners and two other lunches in CHI - will probably walk from the Hyatt to the Palm for lunch ;)

The Palm Chicago still has the Businessperson Lunch Special from last year. $1 more than last spring but I can cope.

Flyer_70 Feb 18, 2010 10:42 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13418873)
I have two other dinners and two other lunches in CHI - will probably walk from the Hyatt to the Palm for lunch ;)

Ok, nevermind. Truly ZZZZzzzz.. now. :D

icurhere2 Feb 18, 2010 10:45 pm


Originally Posted by Flyer_70 (Post 13418897)
Ok, nevermind. Truly ZZZZzzzz.. now. :D

I'm old, I'm dense, and I'm off to continue my streak (currently one day) of being in bed before midnight.

ConciergeMike Feb 18, 2010 10:48 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13418875)
I upgraded to Bolt 1.70 earlier today. Don't notice anything appreciable yet.

I declined the upgrade earlier today because I needed the browser for something at the time it prompted me. I'll take care of it during the day.

mwg25, feel free to join if you feel like; will forward you the PM I sent earlier. Steve and Brit both showed interest as well.

FT Lurker Feb 18, 2010 10:53 pm

Mackieman is on the precipice of a Box milestone. :cool:


Gnite Box

ConciergeMike Feb 18, 2010 10:56 pm

Night, Box. Gotta work 4p-1230a, run errands, and drive back to Philly from the Shore tomorrow.

Steph3n Feb 18, 2010 10:58 pm


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13418563)
After using BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Android, I will say that BlackBerry Enterprise Server does the OTA e-mail, contact, calendar, and to-do list better than anything else (can't speak for the new Palm as I've never even seen one in real life, except on the shelf in a store). It just works, and flawlessly most of the time. Can't say the same about the others. But beyond that, BlackBerry falls behind in many areas. BlackBerry OS 5 is still a huge improvement in many ways. I still prefer Android for most uses, although I still miss the calendar, contact, and e-mail systems on my old BlackBerry. Google's stuff just isn't nearly as good.

I haven't found anything that works as well as my old palmos with chatteremail for instant email.

It was also much more friendly to the mail servers than blackberry servers that don't know how to close a connection (not something most people would know about, i do because I maintain both ends)

The blackberry is working better than the current webos email client that is iffy on instant mail notices. Some days it works well and some days not, which grates me more than not working at all.

N965VJ Feb 18, 2010 11:02 pm


Originally Posted by Steve GadFly (Post 13418511)
Chicken soup=Jewish Pennicillin

Matzah ball soup :)^

ssullivan Feb 18, 2010 11:20 pm


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 13418956)
I haven't found anything that works as well as my old palmos with chatteremail for instant email.

It was also much more friendly to the mail servers than blackberry servers that don't know how to close a connection (not something most people would know about, i do because I maintain both ends)

The blackberry is working better than the current webos email client that is iffy on instant mail notices. Some days it works well and some days not, which grates me more than not working at all.

I found for my work e-mail, which is Exchange, BlackBerry Enterprise Server is flawless. Don't even get me started on everyone else's syncing for things like contacts and calendar. At least on my work BlackBerry it's pretty instant, and it's accurate 99% of the time. Google's Outlook sync program is awful, and the contact syncing to Outlook is non-existent.

On the other hand, if you're trying to use BIS with a personal IMAP e-mail, it works fine for the inbox, but no other folders. That always drove me nuts.

Steph3n Feb 19, 2010 12:22 am


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13419029)
I found for my work e-mail, which is Exchange, BlackBerry Enterprise Server is flawless. Don't even get me started on everyone else's syncing for things like contacts and calendar. At least on my work BlackBerry it's pretty instant, and it's accurate 99% of the time. Google's Outlook sync program is awful, and the contact syncing to Outlook is non-existent.

On the other hand, if you're trying to use BIS with a personal IMAP e-mail, it works fine for the inbox, but no other folders. That always drove me nuts.

As much of a MS fanboy as I am accused of being, I hate Exchange with a passion. I run on unix platform for email, it just works better :)

I've said it before however.

AV, anti spam, options are just nearly endless on unix and the extensibility of custom addons are much more accessible. Yes using IMAP. What drives me crazy is the mail will be delayed 5-8 minutes(I know because i saw it come in on desktop or other phone immediate) and it will have a timestamp in the last 1-2 minutes on the blackberry.....err FAIL.
However I got it for the gsm/cdma combo, and for that it is ^
And the data is reliable 'enough' to get me going anyway, and I rather like the GPS on it as well, lack of touch screen can be a good thing on gps :)

rolov Feb 19, 2010 3:44 am


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13418563)
After using BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Android, I will say that BlackBerry Enterprise Server does the OTA e-mail, contact, calendar, and to-do list better than anything else (can't speak for the new Palm as I've never even seen one in real life, except on the shelf in a store). It just works, and flawlessly most of the time. Can't say the same about the others. But beyond that, BlackBerry falls behind in many areas. BlackBerry OS 5 is still a huge improvement in many ways. I still prefer Android for most uses, although I still miss the calendar, contact, and e-mail systems on my old BlackBerry. Google's stuff just isn't nearly as good.

I went from the G1 to the Bold 9700, the only thing I miss about the droid is the faster browser and youtube videos. Email works so much better on the bb and I installed the google sync app, plus voice so I don't miss much.



Good morning box.

unkfrank Feb 19, 2010 3:47 am

morning box

:rolleyes:

way, way too early. i think i had something at dinner that did not agree with me. figured that out after being up for 4+ hours already :rolleyes: :( :eek:

this will be a long, long day...

Steph3n Feb 19, 2010 4:45 am

"E+ is coming, e+ is coming" said chicken little....

Steph3n Feb 19, 2010 5:26 am

Going to be a long day here, I decided to make a weekend trip on wednesday, and be back by Sunday Evening...


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