Comments on: BlackBerries: An Investment or a Splurge?

By: justine

justine — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:55:12 +0000

what company are you on that the int is only $20?

By: jenn

jenn — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:03:18 +0000

Do you have to buy email access to have a blackberry?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:44:38 +0000

For me, my BlackBerry is an investment. I was hesitant to get one for many years as I thought it would further enslave me to technology. After carrying it for over 2 years, that couldn’t be further from the case. Since I can stay connected from virtually where ever I’m at, the BlackBerry actually let’s me do things away from the office during business hours and still stay connected with my clients.

By: catisonh

catisonh — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:46:53 +0000

These devices are only worth it if you are serious about changing your habits. With a device like this, you have to put your whole life into it, e.g., all of your todos and all calender events, or you will not rely upon it to know what you have to do. Otherwise, you’ll have stuff in your head and stuff in your device, and because the stuff in your head is easier to access, those are the things you’ll pay attention to. You won’t use the blackberry because you can’t tell the difference between todos in your head and todos in your device, so until you put them all in the device, then they are still all in your head.

I’ve seen this with myself many times. So now I have a plan to figure out which gadgets are worth it. First I figure out what the features are that I really want out of the gadget. Then I try to find ways to do that same thing with stuff I already have. Then I create a plan of how I will use the new device and if it is really worth the effort. If it is worth it, then I’ll buy it. These steps have saved me many times buying something I don’t need.

By: Starving Artist

Starving Artist — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:18:43 +0000

I bought the Blackberry to use as a PDA that I can manually sync with my Outlook. I neither have nor want the internet access (I have too much internet access as it is). I’ve never been able to keep a calendar–I lose them constantly, and it felt redundant or at least inneficient to keep a calendar AND Outlook. It cost more upfront to just buy the phone, but I LOVE having all my contacts and Outlook calendar with me at all time. It was worth the investment for me.

By: GG

GG — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:47:09 +0000

I totally relate. I bought my Blackberry (old model) on eBay a month or two ago, under the guise of using it for my career and being more organized. Not sure if that’s really true.

I don’t use the Internet on it, in order to cut costs. I also paid only $30 for it because it was old/used.

One of the girls who works FOR me has a newer version, and she has the Internet… I drool.