BlackBerry 8700
camera
The blackberry doesn't sell very often to regular end-users because their main selling points include secure access to corporate email.
Very few of those paranoid about secure access to corporate email will want a camera anyway... see the resons in earlier posts.
These are the reasons that the "business device" will probably not ever have many if any devices with such a toyish feature.
i think the biggest reason for them not have a camera is that there is some sort of difference in the screens images. i am not familiar with resolutions for phones, so i cannot even try to speculate on the specific differences, but the images on the rim devices are always grainy and blocky compared to the competitions images. it almos...
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We use RIM because it is a secure way to interact with corporate email servers. Treo simply doesn't offer that to the level that RIM does at this time.
Customers who need access to corporate email are usually vertical market business people. Thus, very large companies. Many of these companies have specific policies BANNING cameras as we are not allowed to take them in certain government facilities.
Cameras on phones are nice toys, but they are a deterrent to every corporate account I have been involved with.
I like the idea that treo 650 has, putting two different versions out there... one with and one without a camera. But the fact is, in our corporate world, only a small handful of people have a legitimate business need...
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it does not explain why there is not a choice i.e. the treo (how the email functions is irrelevant on this topic)
not everyone in the "corporate world" have super secretive wanna-be spy jobs that prohibit cameras. and not only corporate folk use blackberries services.
so the question goes back to, why is there not an option for a camera?
"we" would like one
The reason why Blackberry devices do not come with a camera is because RIM does not care if you need a camera or not. It's for business professionals who need a phone for business purposes that do not require the use of a camera: if a camera is needed, get a 6MP digicam.
To be honest with you all, I think the 8125 is is much more useful anyway.
Although I'm probably not getting at the missing point, the fact of the matter is that if you want a blackberry with a camera, then forget about it...