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i760 or stay with treo or go to BB?

cherry25

Oct 11, 2007, 11:36 PM
I am not a techy, just hate my treo 750, a regular biz guy. Any recomendation on a future purchase? Looking at i760, or new treo, or going to BB... i want the MS OS for applications, but have fat fingers and treo is painful
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evilhomer

Oct 12, 2007, 8:31 AM
What applications do you need on the MS platform? Most not techy business guys (as you described yourself) manage much better with a Blackberry device than a WM. Blackberry require no "tweaking" to get them 100% functional out of the box. If you will describe what your usage of the device will be, I could make a more educated guess as to what to suggest to you.
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cherry25

Oct 12, 2007, 9:28 AM
I am a Real Estate Broker and away from the computer alot. I need to receive/send email with adobe, zipforms, word & excel attachments to open, manipulate and print from the device. Other 3rd party software like mortgage financial software, e-key (from GE, lockbox security program, so far only palm will work I think). Also send/receive email(in html) and be able to surf mls through web with screen that can provide readable format (so a good interface). I want to use phone as data modem for laptop, take photos, video, voice, etc.
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evilhomer

Oct 12, 2007, 10:22 AM
Ok. Sending and receiving email with attachments is pretty much covered but all devices except for the zips. I am not certain that Blackberry will handle zip files but someone else may be able to chime in on that. To open and manipulate them, you'll need a WM device. If you use Blackberry, you can edit them but you'll need to buy additional software for that. WM does it out of the box. 3rd party software is available for all devices however, it's more abundant and less expensive on WM and Treo platforms. If you want HTML mail, you'll have to go with a WM6 device and make sure your mail comes through an Exchange Server 2007.

The kicker sounds like it's going to be your specialized software (e-key, lockbox). If that is only availale on th...
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