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[quote user="Bob T"]Could you explain what you are on about?
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Blackberry can be best described as a wireless extension of your email mailbox that allows you to read, compose, forward, reply and delete messages from the palm of your hand while maintaining a single email address and mailbox whilst on the move anywhere in the world. There are also many other options available and Blackberry is the registered trademark of the system.

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A Blackberry is a specialised derivative of a mobile phone that gives you direct access to your email and microsoft outlook on your PC desktop. The Blackberry works on 'push' technology in that emails and outlook updates are automatically copied to your Blackberry device, wherever you are in the world as long as you are connected to a mobile phone network, without you having to manually connect to your email provider and download them as you would do with a laptop. 

Whilst Blackberries have become hugely popular worldwide, especially with businesses in the UK and USA, they have not caught on to anything like the same extent in France, to the frustration of the Canadian firm behind the technology. The perceived reason being cultural, in that it would appear many French employees do not accept being connected to their office 24/7!!!

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Whilst Blackberries have become hugely popular worldwide, they have not caught on to anything like the same extent in France, to the frustration of the Canadian firm behind the technology. The perceived reason being cultural, in that it would appear many French employees do not accept being connected to their office 24/7!!!

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How very sensible and refreshing. [:)]

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[quote user="Cassis"][quote user="Sprogster"]

Whilst Blackberries have become hugely popular worldwide, they have not caught on to anything like the same extent in France, to the frustration of the Canadian firm behind the technology. The perceived reason being cultural, in that it would appear many French employees do not accept being connected to their office 24/7!!!

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How very sensible and refreshing. [:)]

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[quote user="Cassis"][quote user="Sprogster"]

Whilst Blackberries

have become hugely popular worldwide, they have not caught on to

anything like the same extent in France, to the frustration of the

Canadian firm behind the technology. The perceived reason being

cultural, in that it would appear many French employees do not accept

being connected to their office 24/7!!!

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How very sensible and refreshing. [:)]

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I'm sorry to say that "quaint France" is slowly changing as well - my

bosses recently told me I needed to get a blackberry, so I went into

SFR & Bouygues last week, and they both had fresh-off-the shelf new

Blackberry promotions going on.  Personally, I find them very handy,

especially considering how much travelling we do - it's a such a great

and efficient way to keep in touch with the home office.  And if you don't

want to be contacted 24/7 - well, that's why it comes with an off button!! :)

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I was a BB user for years in my ex corporate life. Superb tool, and though it was tied to the office 24/7 it meant that I wasnt. It doesnt work everywhere (you need a GPRS network not just GSM) but does have a great battery life and means that you can choose when to interact with senders without necessarily becoming a slave to it.

Now - life here in the Pyrenees means no more expensive mobiles, no longer having to wait and respond to email, just the daily check of the weather/snow report/enquiries.

Do I miss it - NO

Would I recommned one as a work tool - YES

 Is there anything better - not at this time.

Regards,

Mike

www.peak-times.com

 

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Mike 1958, perhaps you can join me in the small society 'Does Not Own Mobile Phone', or perhaps I'm assuming too much?.[:)]

What intrigues me about all this though, (now the question is answered) is that at least 2 employers have said 'you have to have one'.

Do you have to buy it yourselves? It's not a cheap bit of kit, is it?.

 

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Nope, Tresco, it's not all that cheap (although, like all similar bits of technology, getting cheaper by the day) but I just had a quick look, and my mobile phone provider will let me have one free if I want to swap my mobile. So, if you're on an annual contract for a mobile phone, you can probably exchange it for a blackberry. However, if my company said I "had" to have one, I'd react exactly as you have done, and tell them to b**** well buy it, then! At least (much as I resent it and sit for hours planning its demise in a terrible "accident") TOH's was issued to him by his company.
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Don't forget that to have email push you (or your firm) will need to have Enterprise Server or sign up to the Blackberry servers, neither of which is cheap.  Your teccy guys or gals will also have to configure it for you.  It is a good device though, I got a last year's model off ebay for just over 20 quid!
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Follow Up

Am now the proud owner of an Orange Blackberry !- Biggest Screen with normal keyboard - Had to walk the suppliers and only found Orange wanting to talk.

99 Euro cost + 40 Euro Month for 2 Years - 64MB - Month / Includes Phone

Few problems trying to get on line but eventually through my O2 Contract

So - E Mails sent to my USA E Mail are forwarded to my O2 Yahoo account which I retained when we came out last year and then forwarded onto my French Blackberry

Have tried a couple of large files including images as attachments and been OK

So now the walls are going up in the house and hopefully in a couple of months we can move our live box from the Mobile Home into our Office we will have a year or so to get everything set up right

Next getting it to work around Europe - Orange Sans Frontier !!

 

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